U.S. troops in Jordan launched a GPS-guided rocket artillery attack into Syria for the first time on March 4, defense officials said, revealing an new facet of the American-led coalition’s ground-based fight against Islamic State militants.
The rockets came from a small detachment of fewer than 100 troops deployed near Jordan’s border with Syria. They used an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, which is a truck-mounted, guided-missile system with a range of up to 185 miles. Both the U.S. Army and Marine Corps operate HIMARS.
The use of a HIMARS launched GMLRS isn't really news, but the fact that US forces launched from Jordan is. The US has been using GMLRS strikes from Iraq to attack ISIS forces in Syria for some time now. But this strike into Syria is a new thing.
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