Russia’s new UPAB1500B smart bomb is devastating the Ukraine military. Photo: Turdef
Asia Times: Guided and glide bombs: new feature in Ukraine war
Already needed are next-generation versions less vulnerable to jamming
The Ukrainians are using US-supplied glide bombs and the Russians have their own.
These weapons are a new feature in the Ukraine war, and so far the Russians are winning the battle of glide bombs. The Ukrainians are calling the Russian glide bombs an “extremely big threat.”
The US has supplied Ukraine with two different types of glide bombs, the GLSDB (ground-launched small diameter bomb) produced by Boeing and Saab (Sweden), and the JDAM-ER (joint direct attack munition-extended range), manufactured by Boeing. Over the years Boeing has produced more than 500,000 JDAMs.
Russia has answered with two types of precision bombs, the Grom E2 and the UPAB-1500B-E.
Surprisingly, the US-supplied weapons have not been effective and have been intercepted by the Russians.
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WNU Editor: The Russian military has only recently started using guided and glide bombs, and according to all reports that I have seen, they are proving to be very effective. They are also incredibly cheap to build, and with the Russian air force dominating the skies over Ukraine, a useful, accurate, and effective weapon to use against Ukrainian positions.