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Boeing offered the Pentagon to supply Ukraine with extremely cheap small precision bombs. If you install them on missiles, Kyiv will be able to hit the Russian rear.
We are talking about small diameter ground bombs (GLSDB). Ukraine can get them as early as 2023. US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Doug Bush said that the production of 155 mm artillery shells will also be accelerated. Until now, only state-owned enterprises have produced them, now suppliers will participate in the production.
Arms and security expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Tom Karako believes that the stockpile of weapons due to deliveries to Kyiv is rapidly decreasing. In the event of a conflict with China, it may not be enough.
A few GLSDB units are known to have already been produced. However, many logistical obstacles prevent formal procurement. Boeing also requested that the value of the transaction not be disclosed.
GLSDB's range of 94 miles (150 km) will allow Ukraine to hit important military targets behind Russian lines. Previously, Washington refused to supply Kiev with ATACMS missiles with a range of 185 miles (297 km).
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