in this content we will talk about the highmars rocket system the design and specification of the missile and most importantly how the precision missile works in coordination with the f-35 fighter jets leaving politics aside let's get straight to the content developed for the american army in the late 1990s the m142 high mobility artillery rocket system highmars is a light multiple rocket launcher that is installed on a family of medium tactical vehicle the highmars is a lighter version of the m270 and the solution is a fielded combat tested highly reliable system that has surpassed all performance standards when compared to the m270 it takes less time from point a to point b the highmars carry one missile pod whereas the m270 carriers two pods let us look at parts and specifications of the highmars technology the highmars is made up of a carrier the automobile section called the m1140 truck frame and a fire control system fcs that computes all fire mission data and a launcher loader module llm portion that executes all fire mission related tasks the highmars vehicle has a length of 23 feet or 7 meter with a width of 7 feet 10 inches or 2.4 meter and it has a height of 10 feet 6 inches the vehicle weighs approximately 10 886 kilogram which is pretty light for a rocket launcher carrier highmars is operated by a crew of three a driver gunner and a commander but the computer-based fire control system enables a crew of two or even a single soldier to load and unload the system now let us look at tactics and maneuvers and the process of how it is launched as basic as possible step one lockheed c-130 hercules aircraft transports the highmars to the desired safe location when loaded it can roll onto a c-130 transport aircraft and is operational within 15 minutes of landing step 2 crew unloads the highmars along with the reloader and launchers step 3 the highmars battalion will travel to almost 70 kilometers or 40 miles close to the front lines step four control and command center send designated targets to be destroyed step five in high threat circumstances highmars uses a shoot and scoot capability to increase crew and platform survivability highmarz's ability to deploy shoot move and reload in a few minutes significantly hinders an enemy's ability to find and target highmars step 6 the highmars will then conduct reload operations with the use of a reload arm assembly to stack up six rockets of different caliber there are different types of missiles but for now we will look at lockheed martin precision strike missile let's dive into how this works in a simulated battlefield environment f-35 jets will conduct reconnaissance missions to track and destroy enemy targets that it sees as a threat to the allied forces using the a n a s hu 239 electronic suite already animated in a recent content f-35 stealth fighter jet if you wanted to know more this is the f-35 aircraft which is on a deep strike mission and around 300 kilometers away from the target the target is a hostile surface-to-air missile sam target number one and also a soft target number two which is a forward refueling pod this proves that it could strike multiple targets at the same time the f-35 designates hostile targets and sends the coordinates to the combat air operations center calling for an extended field artillery brigade the highmars battalion is being alerted and within 15 minutes the highmars will load two precision missiles and move to a suitable location inside the highmars are two precision strike missiles ready to fire at a punch of a button the precision strike missile was developed by lockheed martin with a length of 156 inches and a diameter of 17 inches with a new rocket motor in sensitive munition high performance this is the optimized warhead and inside it are pre-formed fragments this gps antenna is one of the brain for precision strike missile now this available volume was intentionally made to give room for future growth to store further additional warheads or tracking and targeting software the highmars fire two of its missiles at very short intervals to increase the element of surprise this is a two precision strike missiles on its way to the two targets the missiles use the gps updates to ensure accuracy to travel to the target number two arming and refueling point and then reaches the hostiles as am site which was target number one this optimized warhead uses preformed fragments to increase lethality and maximizes area effects so please kindly subscribe for more contents like these and help us reach the one million subscriber mark till then watch our recent humble content to learn more about military engineering