Long thread, don’t have time to post all of it
“It’s important not to treat jamming as an on/off switch for weapons with satellite-guidance. Some arms are better hardened than others. Colby details outcomes below. In brief, mostly works: GBU-39 SDB & JDAM bombs. Stuff that doesn’t: GL-SDB, Excalibur shells. In-between: GMLRS.”
“Is Russian Electronic Warfare successfully jamming the GPS signals on American provided precision guided munitions to the point that Ukraine can no longer effectively employ them?
No. No it is not.
Many people seem to believe so though. So what’s really going on?
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https://x.com/sebastienroblin/status/1803982365464596745
No. No. And. No.
“Russia is open to “comprehensive” security talks with the U.S., so long as they include the war in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev separately said that conversations over a new treaty on limiting nuclear firepower with the U.S. are only possible once Washington no longer supplies weapons to Ukraine and blocks its admission to the NATO alliance.
Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended Moscow’s participation in February 2023, without fully withdrawing his country from the treaty.”