In peacetime, because there is no actual experience in war, many weapons and equipment, including the real combat strength of professional armies, have a lot of "moisture", and various titles of "world-class" and "invincible in the world" abound. But only in a real battlefield environment can weapon performance and military combat effectiveness be truly tested. The so-called "mule is a horse, pull out and slip", this is exactly the truth.
The russo-Ukrainian war, which broke out suddenly at the end of February, exceeded everyone's expectations. The largest land confrontation in Europe after World War II has unsurprisingly become a real training ground for the Russian and Ukrainian armies. Because of the reduction of defense expenditure and the backwardness of scientific and technological research, the Russian army, which is recognized as the "second in the world", did not achieve a comprehensive victory in this war with a quick and decisive posture, but was shot down by the enemy several advanced fighters and the destroyer "Moscow" as the flagship.
After the initial unsuccessful progress, the Russian army regrouped, the military offensive strategy became more and more orderly, and new progress was continuously made by crushing the military strength of the Ukrainian authorities.
In addition to mobilizing mercenaries from all over the world, especially western countries, to participate in the war, the Kiev government, which consumes a lot of troops and weapons, has also actively sought military assistance from the United States, from individual missiles such as the Javelin and Stinger to the M777 light howitzer and the "Haimas" rocket launcher, and the Biden administration has almost responded to Zelensky's demands.
The Little Abacus of the White House is very shrewd, taking advantage of the opportunity of military aid to Ukraine, consuming Russian military strength, killing and injuring Russia's living forces and various military targets, and by the way, waving the flag for its advanced weapons and equipment, attracting potential customers to buy American weapons that shine on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield.
But who would have thought that Putin the Great had long seen through the ideas of the Americans, and in the face of the complicated weapons equipped by the Ukrainian army, the Russian high-level ordered the priority destruction of the US military aid equipment, and for a time the news that the US-made weapons were destroyed by the Russian army spread throughout the major news media platforms.
According to the battlefield briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry on July 17, the Russian army used the "Iskander-K" cruise missile near a settlement in Donetsk on the same day to accurately destroy a "Haimas" multiple rocket launcher and a supporting launcher at a long distance.
In order to confirm the accuracy of this news, the Russian army also released the aerial reconnaissance video of its operation and placed the "Haimas" top-down view next to the suspected Haimas vehicle for comparison.
In fact, this is not the first time that the Russian military has confirmed to the outside world that the US military has aided the Ukrainian "Haimas" multiple rocket launcher system. More than a week earlier, the Russians on the front line had used drones to lock in two Recuperating "Haimas" rocket artillery systems in donetsk Oblast, and then transmitted position information to the rear command to guide long-range precision ammunition to kill them at a fixed point.
Russia's "fighting dogs and watching the master" method of warfare, while destroying the resistance of the Ukrainian army, is also demonstrating to the Americans, if the Biden administration continues to provide weapons and equipment assistance to Ukraine, and even provide heavy weapons, the Russian army will give priority to annihilation, and will never give the US-made weapons any chance to show itself.
The Biden authorities naturally understand the logic behind Putin's action, but after all, they cannot personally participate in the war, they can only provide military aid and battlefield information assistance for the Ukrainian army, and remaining silent and not saying a word is their due attitude.
Faced with the reality that U.S. aid weapons have been destroyed one after another, Zelenskiy is also completely speechless. In order to let the war continue, he can only accept the military equipment of the Americans, but to accept the military aid of Uncle Sam, Putin the Great will always be ready to launch a fierce strike, which is not the best choice.
Tsai Ing-wen herself, who is on Taiwan Island, her first reaction after learning of this matter is estimated to be only embarrassment. Previously, the Taiwan authorities originally planned to purchase 40 M109A6 155-mm self-propelled guns from the United States, but due to the delay in delivery by the United States, they could only purchase 18 sets of "Haimas" multiple rocket launcher systems.
The Taiwan military claims that the "Haimas" rocket launcher equipped with extended-range ammunition, with a maximum range of about 300 kilometers, can pose a threat to targets along the southeast coast of the mainland when launched from the main island of Taiwan. If these rockets are deployed on Kinmen and Matsu Islands, it will lead to unprecedented disasters.
Under the clamor of the Taiwan authorities and the propaganda of the media on the island, the "Haimas" rocket launcher seems to have become an omnipotent "island protection artifact." However, the examples of the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield have proved that the Russian army can still inflict effective casualties on the "Haimas" under the limited battlefield reconnaissance system and precision strike means.
Sitting on the world's first-class military drone system and long-range precision strike weapons, the PLA has the confidence to defeat the "Haimas" system. If she wants to use a few weapons to achieve the conspiracy of "using force to resist reunification," Tsai Ing-wen is undoubtedly whimsical.