A cheap, plentiful and quick-to-produce weapon has allowed Russia to devastate Ukraine's towns and villages without leaving Russian territory
A cheap, plentiful and quick-to-produce weapon has allowed Russia to devastate Ukraine's towns and villages without leaving Russian territory
The navigation system is resistant to being jammed and the bombs have a small radar signature, making them difficult to detect and intercept. Russia is estimated to have in the realm of several hundred thousand of these bombs and can “continue to produce them quickly, cheaply, and at scale”, Mr Borsari said
Ukraine’s ability to counter the threat from glide bombs has been severely hamstrung by the lack of fighter jets, long-range missiles and US policy which until recently preventedOn 30 May, President Joe Biden reversed course on this, allowing US weapons to be used by Ukraine to strike at military targets inside Russia for “counter fire purposes” in thesaid this previous US policy “effectively created a vast sanctuary” that allowed Russia to amass its forces and launch glide bombs and long-range...
“Today alone, Russia launched 135 gliding bombs, each weighing about a tonne. That’s a lot. No air defence system can cope with this. Comprehensive solutions are needed,” he said in aJustin Bronk of the Royal United Services Institute
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