“If stuff comes on the battlefield, it will become very obvious, very quickly,” he said. “It explodes, it kills Ukrainian civilians, it destroys their infrastructure.”
When the US sent Ukraine Himars in 2022, they were credited with helping to turn the momentum of the war, striking Russian command centres and logistics hubs behind the frontline and forcing the Russian army to retreat.
On paper at least, the largely untested Fath-360, which was only unveiled in 2022, looks to be an even more potent weapon.
It has a top speed of Mach 4, compared to a top speed of missiles fired by Himars of Mach 2.5. Fath-360 missiles also carry a payload of 330 pounds, roughly double the Himars missiles. Although they are not considered quite as accurate, analysts said that Fath-360 missiles are less prone to having their guidance system interfered with, a process known as “spoofing”.