{"id":8023,"date":"2025-11-16T12:10:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T13:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/?p=8023"},"modified":"2025-11-17T18:38:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:38:41","slug":"russian-iskander-missile-hits-ukrainian-himars-mod-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/16\/russian-iskander-missile-hits-ukrainian-himars-mod-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Iskander missile hits Ukrainian HIMARS \u2013 MOD (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The strike, which also targeted coastal-defense launchers, was carried out in Dnepropetrovsk Region, the Defense Ministry has said<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian forces have carried out a successful strike on three Ukrainian missile launchers, including a US-supplied high-mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS), the Defense Ministry has said, releasing a video of the impact.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said that the Russian Iskander-M short-range ballistic missile system &ndash; supported by reconnaissance drones &ndash; had struck two Ukrainian Neptune mobile shore-based missile systems and a HIMARS in Ukraine&rsquo;s Dnepropetrovsk Region.<\/p>\n<p>The video taken from high altitude showed the barely visible vehicles located in an open field. One Iskander missile &ndash; which has a range of 500km and a warhead weighing up to 700kg &ndash; delivered a direct hit on the Ukrainian hardware, producing a large blast, visible shockwaves, and a rising fireball.<\/p>\n<p>The HIMARS system, supplied to Ukraine by Washington since June 2022, can fire guided missiles with a range of about 80km (50 miles) and, in some variants, extended-range rockets reaching 150km (93 miles). The system has filled a key niche in Ukraine&rsquo;s arsenal and was used on several occasions for strikes on Russian civilians.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/627683-pokrovsk-kupyansk-advance-update\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n            <span>READ MORE: <\/span>Russian forces continue advance on encircled city in Donbass \u2013 MOD<br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>The domestically-developed&nbsp;Ukrainian Neptune missile was originally designed to target surface ships and has a range of up to 280km.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has condemned Western arms shipments to Ukraine, arguing that they only prolong the conflict without changing the outcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The strike, which also targeted coastal-defense launchers, was carried out in Dnepropetrovsk Region, the Defense Ministry has said Russian forces have carried out a successful strike on three Ukrainian missile launchers, including a US-supplied high-mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS), the Defense Ministry has said, releasing a video of the impact&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/16\/russian-iskander-missile-hits-ukrainian-himars-mod-video\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8023"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8025,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8023\/revisions\/8025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}