Redigerer M142 HIMARS (avsnitt)

=== Afgahnistan og Midtøsten ===
I februar 2010 opplyste [[International Security Assistance Force|ISAF-styrken]] i [[Afghanistan]] at to raketter avfyrt fra et HIMARS-system under [[Operasjon Moshtarak]] hadde truffet 300 meter kortere enn målet, noe som førte til at 12 sivile ble drept. Bruken av HIMARS ble midlertidig suspendert for en full gjennomgang,<ref>{{Cite web|title=ISAF Weapon Fails to Hit Intended Target, 12 Civilians Killed|url=http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/isaf-releases/isaf-weapon-fails-to-hit-intended-target-12-civilians-killed.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027180353/http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/isaf-releases/isaf-weapon-fails-to-hit-intended-target-12-civilians-killed.html|archive-date=27. oktober 2014|website=isaf.nato.int}}</ref> men en britisk offiser uttalte senere at rakettene hadde truffet riktig mål, som var i bruk av [[Taliban]].<ref>{{cite web|date=16. februar 2010|title=Operation Moshtarak: missiles that killed civilians 'hit correct target'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7254661/Operation-Moshtarak-missiles-that-killed-civilians-hit-correct-target.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719173745/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7254661/Operation-Moshtarak-missiles-that-killed-civilians-hit-correct-target.html|archive-date=19. juli 2023|access-date=7. juli 2010|work=The Telegraph}}</ref> Sivile tap skyldtes Talibans bruk av [[levende skjold]], noe ISAF-styrkene ikke var klar over.<ref>{{cite web|date=18. februar 2010|title=Artillery: It Wasn't Me|url=http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htart/articles/20100218.aspx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924203406/http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htart/articles/20100218.aspx|archive-date=24. september 2023|access-date=7. juli 2010|work=Strategy page}}</ref> I oktober 2010 ble HIMARS kreditert for å ha støttet [[NATO]]-offensiven i [[Kandahar]] ved å målrette Taliban-kommandørers skjulesteder.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gall|first=Carlotta|date=20. oktober 2010|title=Coalition Routs Taliban in Southern Afghanistan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/world/asia/21kandahar.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130205124/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/world/asia/21kandahar.html|archive-date=30. november 2023|work=The New York Times}}</ref>

I november 2015 ble HIMARS utplassert i Irak, hvor det ble avfyrt over 400 raketter mot [[Den islamske staten Irak og Levanten|ISIL]]-mål.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Trevithick|first=Joseph|date=25. november 2015|title=The U.S. Army Hurls Hundreds of Rockets at Islamic State|url=http://warisboring.com/articles/the-u-s-army-hurls-hundreds-of-rockets-at-islamic-state/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720130624/https://warisboring.com/the-u-s-army-hurls-hundreds-of-rockets-at-islamic-state/|archive-date=20. juli 2023|access-date=28. november 2015|website=War is boring}}</ref> I mars 2016 ble HIMARS brukt for første gang i [[Syria]] i støtte til syriske opprørere som kjempet mot ISIL. I 2016 ble HIMARS også utplassert i [[Tyrkia]] og ved Qayyarah Airfield West for å delta i slaget om Mosul.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tilghman|first=Andrew|date=11. mars 2016|title=In a first, U.S. forces in Jordan have attacked ISIS in Syria|url=https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2016/03/11/in-a-first-u-s-forces-in-jordan-have-attacked-isis-in-syria/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719212227/https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2016/03/11/in-a-first-u-s-forces-in-jordan-have-attacked-isis-in-syria/|archive-date=19. juli 2023|website=Military Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Pamuk|first1=Humeyra|date=26. april 2016|title=Turkish minister says U.S. to deploy rocket launchers near Syrian border|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-usa-idUKKCN0XN11Q/|url-status=live|access-date=29. april 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503192535/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-usa-idUKKCN0XN11Q|archive-date=3. mai 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=3. september 2016|title=US forces hit Isis targets in Syria with mobile rocket system, official says|language=en-GB|newspaper=The Guardian|agency=Reuters|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/03/isis-us-military-syria-turkey-border|url-status=live|access-date=4. september 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613160435/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/03/isis-us-military-syria-turkey-border|archive-date=13. juni 2023|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

I juni 2017 ble HIMARS sendt til [[Grenseovergangen al-Walid|Al-Tanf]] i Syria for å støtte USA-støttede opprørere.<ref>{{cite web|title=US deploys HIMARS artillery near al-Tanf, previously used to strike ISIS in Syria from Turkey and Jordan|url=https://syria.liveuamap.com/en/2017/14-june-us-deploys-himars-artillery-near-altanf-previously|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240605122219/https://syria.liveuamap.com/en/2017/14-june-us-deploys-himars-artillery-near-altanf-previously|archive-date=5. juni  2024|access-date=5. juni 2024|website=Map of Syrian Civil War|publisher=Live UA Map}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=14. juni 2017|title=US rocket artillery deployed to southern Syria for first time|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-long-range-missile-system-deploy-southern-syria-first-time-9348201|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720092342/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-rocket-artillery-deployed-southern-syria-first-time|archive-date=20. juli 2023|website=Middle East Eye}}</ref> Den 24. mai 2018 drepte et HIMARS-angrep 50 Taliban-krigere og ledere i Musa Qala, Afghanistan.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Starr|first1=Barbara|last2=Browne|first2=Ryan|date=30. mai 2018|title=US military says it killed dozens of Taliban leaders in Afghanistan|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/30/politics/us-killed-taliban-leaders-afghanistan/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205173108/https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/30/politics/us-killed-taliban-leaders-afghanistan/|archive-date=5. desember 2022|website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=30. mai 2018|title=HIMARS Strike on High-Level Taliban Command and Control|url=https://www.military.com/video/operations-and-strategy/air-strikes/himars-strike-high-level-taliban-command-control/5791439370001|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720005922/https://www.military.com/video/operations-and-strategy/air-strikes/himars-strike-high-level-taliban-command-control/5791439370001|archive-date=20. juli 2023|work=Military.com}}</ref> I september 2018 ble HIMARS brukt til å støtte syriske demokratiske styrker i kampen mot ISIS i Øst-Syria, ofte med opptil 30 rakettangrep per dag.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://sdf-press.com/en/2018/10/the-outcome-of-engagements-in-the-battle-to-defeat-terrorism/|title=The outcome of engagements in the battle to defeat terrorism|publisher=Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)|date=9. oktober 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://sdf-press.com/en/2018/10/outcome-of-engagements-in-the-battle-to-defeat-terrorism/|title=The outcome of Engagements in the battle to defeat terrorism|publisher=Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)|date=16. oktober 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/NotWoofers/status/1052650087111905280|title=The SDF has regularly been reporting @coalition artillery and airstrikes throughout the offensive to take the Hajin pocket. But they've been noting M142 launches which I personally find interesting. These MLRS systems fire a rocket just over twice the side of a grad rocket|last=Woofers|date=17. oktober 2018}}</ref>