Distance is one of the key problems of the Ukrainian war. Since the beginning of the conflict, Kiev has persistently demanded weapons that can strike behind enemy lines. The West granted their request in the summer of 2022 with Caesar guns with a range of 40 km, but above all with HIMARS multiple rocket launchers that can reach a target at a distance of 80 km. In early February, the Pentagon even announced sending ammunition to the GLSDB with a range of 150 km.
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On March 6, to everyone’s surprise, the USA announced that it had provided the Ukrainian arsenal with a new offensive option. “We just sent a munition that goes further than the Gravity Bomb and has excess accuracysaid James Hacker, head of the US Air Force in Europe. “This is the last ability we were able to get them in the last three weeks“, he added. The general confirmed to the specialist blog The War Zone that it was the JDAM collection because “The seal…
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Source: Le Figaro
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