The GLSDB system. Source: Saab Group
The United States may have already delivered Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bombs (GLSDB) to Ukraine, Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the We Are Together with Russia public movement, said on February 8.
The GLSDB was developed by American Boeing and Swedish Saab Group. The system combines the 129-kilogram GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB), which is guided by a GPS-aided inertial navigation system, with the M26 227 mm rocket motor. It has a range of up to 150 kilometers.
“The Americans will arm the Zelensky regime precisely with these bombs and I believe that, unfortunately, we will see them at the front line soon,” Rogov said in a live broadcast on Komsomolskaya Pravda radio.”I presume that they are already available and will be legalized for strikes.”
The official argued that the system poses a threat to many towns and cities and the front line will have to be moved farther away to make them safe.
“In order to minimize these risks, we will clearly have to push the front line farther away by the toughest actions,” he said. “I very much hope that this possibility will emerge shortly, considering that our artillery units and multiple launch rocket systems have begun accurately hitting targets lately and the arrival of Tornado-S [rocket systems] at the front line in the Zaporozhye Region is already yielding results.”
Last week, Pentagon Press Secretary Patrick Ryder confirmed to reporters that the new U.S. military aid package to Ukraine will include GLSDBs.
Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin has already called to push the frontline away as far as possible as well as to strengthen the air defense network.
“We are well aware that if the enemy obtains such weapons, we will have to push its forces farther away from the DPR’s territory to a point from where it will be physically unable to reach our communities. While this process – the liberation of the territory – is underway, we should give thought to additional air defense and missile defense measures,” Pushilin said on the Rossiya-24 TV channel on February 6.
A recent report by Reurters revealed that GLSDB munitions could be delivered to Kiev forces as early as spring. According to the report, the munitions are not yet compatible with HIMARS systems already in service with Kiev forces. The U.S. will provide Ukraine with new launchers for the munitions.
GLSDB munitions have a long range, yet they glide towards their targets at a low speed which makes them exposed to air defense fire. The system will not likely change the palance on the battlefield in Ukraine, where Russia has been conducting a military operation for nearly a year now.
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Russia will locate and destroy these missile systems. The US and Ukraine are trying to target more civilians in an attempt at fear mongering the local population. This will not work. Russia may be forced to launch tactical mini nukes on the battlefield to quickly put an end to this war. And god forbid if they have to use the big ones. To hell with the US government and it’s allies. Damn them all.
Time to finish this business the hard way.
GLSDB (GBU-39) still has a small warhead of 16kg so the damages will be limited. It can however strike smaller targets with precision the CEP is only 1m.
Russian have also that type of weapon in many versions. Much diverse and efficient than ameriscum atlantic terror organization. Hope for the 500 kg PPBK-500U Drel to be used much often because it is a relative rare asset.
If every weapon with more range forces the russians to go deeper into territory where the people hate them then the us will gladly provide as much range as possible. This strategy leads into endles conflict which suits the west well as long as it is outside its territory.
Bring the final war to the enemy which is the satanic western powers. Russia must strike first while they can. These criminals in nafo intend to depopulate the world: start with them.
Russians are not hated in Donbass, however there is plenty of animus between east Ukrainians and west Ukrainians.
Before long the people of west Ukraine will hate Zelensky far more than anything else.
Very precise weapon (CEP 1m) with long range (150km) but small warhead (16kg). Israel have used a lot of GBU-39 against targets in Syria so Russian air defenses should have it well profiled and know how to shoot it down.
When confronted by the vicious racists running the western countries today it will be necessary for Russia to strike with their most powerful weapons and they better do it fast because the murdering neonazis plan on the extermination of all Russian peoples and Christianity. Next they will target Islam. It’s in their books.
Russia needs to target the military industrial complex in the US UK so that nobody can profit from the war. Once there is no profit for many from the sales of arms, there is no point for so many to support the war and the kickbacks end. We still have the financial profits from debt and plunder though. Still it means LESS support for the war, perhaps targets like the CITY and financial states within the US UK and financial institutions should get blasted up too?
Not gonna help, the ukraine army is done, so is zelensky. He’s a piece of dung and belongs in a russian courtroom accounting for himself.
The GBU-39 is a glide bomb with large pop out wings that allow it to glide for 60 miles if released at high altitude from a plane. But instead of doping from a plane, the GBU-39 bombs will be attached to a rocket motor to launch it to a high altitude from the ground.
Run orcs, ruuunnnnnnn.
Easy target for the new Russian TOR System.