Demand for HIMARS Is So High There’s Now a Waiting List. Ukraine Is Why.

Demand for HIMARS Is So High There’s Now a Waiting List. Ukraine Is Why.

In the summer of 2022, Lockheed Martin's HIMARS was a niche wheeled rocket launcher only artillery officers loved. Ukraine changed that in a matter of weeks. Four years on, nearly every Western-aligned military wants one, production has doubled and still can't keep up, and a new missile has just doubled what each launcher can reach. This is how a system most people couldn't name became the benchmark for long-range firepower.