The US is providing Ukraine a long-range GPS-guided Jdam-ER bomb kit that’s capable of hitting targets 70 kilometers away, industry officials told Bloomberg.
The US is providing Ukraine with kits which effectively convert dumb bombs into smart bombs.
The US is providing Ukraine a long-range GPS-guided Jdam-ER bomb kit that’s capable of hitting targets 70 kilometers away, industry officials told Bloomberg. The Jdam-ER can be bolted on unguided bombs ranging from 230 to 910 kg.
JDAM-ER = Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended-Range.
Wing Kits For Ukraine’s JDAM Bombs Would Be A Big Problem For Russia
Ukraine is reportedly set to receive the U.S.-made Joint Direct Attack Munition — Extended Range, or JDAM-ER, an air-launched precision-guided bomb with a supplemental wing kit that means it can hit targets at around 45 miles. The disclosure follows previous announcements that the JDAM was headed to Ukraine as part of the supply of arms flowing there from the United States and its allies. Until now, however, it had been expected that a more basic version of the munition would likely be supplied, with a much more limited standoff range.
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As well as opening up a new range of Russian targets to the Ukrainian Air Force, including second-echelon rear areas beyond the front lines, the JDAM-ER should help keep the launch aircraft further away from much of the deadliest Russian ground-based air defense systems. The presence of these — as well as Russian fighter jets with long-range air-to-air missiles — has forced the Ukrainian Air Force to fly most of its offensive missions at extremely low levels, for their own safety. This, in turn, makes it harder to hit targets and greatly reduces the range of any munitions that are launched. As we noted in the past, this would also have had an effect on JDAMs, which achieve their standoff range through launch at higher altitudes and at high speeds.
So the JDAM-ER allows Ukraine to fire heavier munitions at Russian invaders from safer distances.
The quick acting Ukrainian Air Force survived the initial assault by Russia a year ago and has prevented the invaders from gaining air superiority over Ukraine. Now those jets can fire JDAM-ER equipped missiles at the enemy in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
This is an effective move. Give Ukraine whatever it wants except nukes.
Russia is still trying to gaslight the rest of the world through its dupes like Tucker Carlson. When the slippery Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed at a conference in India that Ukraine launched the war against Russia, the audience responded with laughter.
The war will not end until Russia is forced to end it.
