The US-Philippine "shoulder to shoulder" exercise ended on the 26th, but an embarrassing scene occurred on the same day: the final subject of the exercise was to sink the target ship, but the US "Haimas" rocket artillery failed to hit the target with six consecutive shots.
According to global network reports, this embarrassing scene happened in front of Philippine President Marcos Jr., and Marcos Jr. and US Ambassador to the Philippines Marikay Carlson attended as special guests on the last day of the exercise.
Marcos Jr.: This Hymas is not very good
According to the military exercise plan, in the simulated attack on "enemy ships" subject, the US Army will use "Haimas" rocket artillery to sink a retired Philippine warship at sea, the first shot needs to hit the mast of the target ship to destroy its communication system, and the remaining five rounds will completely sink the target ship.
As a result, the first rocket landed in the sea area 6 to 9 meters from the target ship, and the remaining 5 rounds had a greater deviation and fell in different positions.
Seeing that the first round of shooting failed to hit the target ship, the US military prepared a second round of launches and recalculated the position of the target ship, but during the preparation, the US military radar detected a private plane that broke into the exercise area, and the military exercise was forced to pause.
"Hymas" fires rockets
Judging from relevant reports, the second round of shooting also failed to hit the target ship, and the US and Philippine militaries, which lost face, finally used 105-mm and 155-mm howitzers to attack the target ship in turn, and the US Marine Corps piloted the F-35A fighter to complete the final blow, and the target ship was sunk at about 2:50 p.m. that day.
In order to alleviate the embarrassment, US military spokesman Nick Manweiler said at a press conference that it is very difficult for the "Hymas" to conduct shore-based fire fire on the ship, because the target ship will float to different positions at sea, and the failure of the "Hymas" to hit the target is not a big problem, and this exercise is only to show the performance of the US military weapons to the Philippines. "In real combat, the U.S. military will use torpedoes or Harpoon anti-ship missiles to attack sea targets, and we want to show the performance of Hymas and its limitations."
EurAsia Info: Hymas off-target is news
The Indian media "Eurasia Times" commented that the US military's rhetoric of playing rounds could not explain why "Hymas" failed to hit the target ship. According to American propaganda, the hit accuracy of the precision guided munition of "Hymas" can be reduced to the meter level, and it is precisely because of this feature that "Hymas" has become famous on the Ukrainian battlefield and provides the Ukrainian army with long-range rapid precision strike capabilities.
The Russian side also praised the accuracy of the Hymas. Sapenkov, a Russian military journalist who witnessed the Hymas attack on Kherson, said it was shocking that the rockets landed exactly in the same area, while other types of MLRS usually scattered in a fan-shaped manner.
In the end, it was up to howitzers to save the scene
However, judging from the results of this military exercise, the performance of "Hymas" seems to be less accurate than Western propaganda, and it failed to hit the target 6 times in a row under the personal operation of the US military.
In contrast, the PLA is far ahead of the US military when it comes to using rocket artillery against sea targets. In recent years, the PLA has repeatedly used rocket artillery to attack sea targets, and with the help of satellite navigation systems, rockets can accurately hit target ships. Therefore, the US military sells the "Hymas" performance to China across the sea, and it is really some squads that get an axe.