🇷🇺❌🇺🇦- Himars and Excalibur fall out of service in Ukraine:

➡️The once formidable Himars and Excalibur weapon systems have faced significant challenges, leading to their reduced effectiveness on the battlefield. Initially hailed for their precision and impact, these advanced munitions quickly found themselves outmatched by Russia's sophisticated electronic warfare capabilities.

➡️The Excalibur artillery round, guided by GPS, delivered devastating blows initially but became ineffective as Russian forces used electronic countermeasures to disrupt guidance systems. By mid-2023, these rounds were no longer in use.

➡️Similarly, Himars systems saw their GPS-guided missiles' accuracy compromised by Russian countermeasures, making them less reliable. Although not officially out of service, their reduced precision has led to decreased use.

➡️This situation has highlighted the importance of unguided artillery shells, which are immune to electronic jamming and remain effective on the battlefield. However, the production of these traditional munitions had declined over the years in the U.S. and Europe, and only now is manufacturing beginning to increase to meet the current demand.

🔗WSJ

🔦🇫🇷⁉️ — BREAKING — Cathedral of Rouen on fire.

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🇮🇱❌🇵🇸- Today, Thursday, the Israeli army is presenting the results of its investigation into the battles of October 7 to the residents of the Gaza Strip.

The initial information published in the Israeli media revealed a state of complete chaos and the fear of Israeli soldiers about engaging in battles with Palestinian fighters inside the towns surrounding Gaza. And the absence of any communication with the central command of the Israeli army.

The Qassam Brigades’ control of the Re’im military base, which is the headquarters of the Gaza Division, caused a breakdown in communication between the field commands and the central command in Tel Aviv.

🏹 🇪🇺 🏭 EU lied about its artillery production.

— An investigation has found that Europe's artillery shell production for Ukraine is significantly lower than officially claimed.
— European Commission claimed production of 1 million 155mm shells annually as of January 2024.
— EU Commissioner Thierry Breton projected 1.7 million shells annually by end of 2024.
— Investigation suggests actual production is around 550,000 shells annually or even less.

🔶️ Rheinmetall document: EU production at 550,000 shells annually.

🔶️ Estonian defense ministry: 480,000 to 700,000 shells produced in 2023.

🔶️ One industry source: Less than 500,000 shells by end of 2024.

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-weapons-shells-european-union-eu-war-russia-investigation/33025300.html

📎 Clash Report

🏹 💥 Traditional cannon-based mass fires, are still the best solution in an EW environment.

🔶️ “Following decades of investments across the US military in precision capabilities, the claim that simpler weapons may be the best for the modern battlefield raises larger questions about whether the Army has been putting billions over billions of dollars down the wrong hole.”

🔶️ “Williams himself called precision weapons “essential,” but cautioned that they cannot “supplant the indispensable volume of… unguided cannon fire,” on the battlefield.”

🔶️ “Although Williams did not disclose which precision munitions are experiencing higher failure rates, there have been multiple reports of Russian forces jamming or spoofing munitions that rely on GPS.”

🔶️ “Lessons learned from the Ukraine conflict absolutely have applicability elsewhere. But when the distances get longer, the need for higher-end weapons become unavoidable.”

🔶️ “In an EW environment like Ukraine, this essentially means the military cannot rely on having precision weapons.”

🔶️ “But out here, just like in Europe, you also need another set of equipment and types of munitions that are precision in nature, you know, GMLRS, ATACMS and… long-range precision fires.”

🔶️ “I think that there will be a need for precision guided munitions: I think there will be the need for conventional munitions,” he added. “And just like always in war, you know, you’re gonna have way more of the conventional stuff than you have the precision stuff.”

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/05/taking-aim-army-leaders-ponder-mix-of-precision-munitions-vs-conventional

🇮🇱- Part of the massive economic losses, the Hebrew newspaper “Maariv” publishes:
46,000 Israeli companies have closed their doors since the outbreak of war on October 7, with expectations that the number will rise to 60,000 companies by the end of this year.

🇮🇱❌🇵🇸- Another possible deal thwarted by Netanyahu added to the list.
Netanyahu:

➡️Israel is not ready to accept Hamas’ demands in the negotiations

➡️Every deal must allow Israel to resume fighting to achieve the goals of the war

➡️Israel must remain in control of the Philadelphia axis and the Rafah crossing

➡️We do not allow the return of armed terrorists and the entry of combat means into the northern Gaza Strip.

➡️We seek to reach a deal that will return our kidnappers and enable us to continue fighting.

🇮🇱Netanyahu: Whoever launches attacks against us will die, and this includes the situation in the north, which we will change

🇹🇷🇮🇱❌🇵🇸- More than 4,000 Turks with dual israel-turkish citizenships are fighting in Gaza alongside the IDF Turkish media report:

➡️There are around 250k Turks living in Israel, around 4k of them are fighting in Gaza in the IDF, more than 65 of them were killed and over 110 injured so far.

➡️According to the information obtained, these people did not come from Turkey, but instead went to Israel through third countries and using different identities in order not to be exposed.

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