The link below is an article on JDAM-ER.
JDAM-ER in flight:
Although there are JDAM kits for 500 pound bombs, 1000 pound bombs, and 2000 pound bombs, the JDAM-ER kit only attaches to 2000 pound bombs.
Posted on 03/07/2023 6:50:52 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
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The link below is an article on JDAM-ER.
JDAM-ER in flight:
Although there are JDAM kits for 500 pound bombs, 1000 pound bombs, and 2000 pound bombs, the JDAM-ER kit only attaches to 2000 pound bombs.
Well he “liberated “ it once before
I wonder if the cracks are beginning to show, Russian “peace keeping” and regional garrisons have been slashed to feed the grist mill. When you have a federation kept together mostly by force and coercion, when the force is gone the locals get restless.
Add that the majority of mobiks come from eastern provinces things could get dicy
Do I keep troops in bakmut meat grinder or send them to far flung federation regions to keep them in their places
Decisions decisions
I like the arty loss uptick
Can they make 2000 tanks and 10000 pieces of equipment by end of month?
I think so
JDAM-ERs was also included in PIF's post today.
Yesterday, Marcus posted this gem:
RAF Rivet Joint surveillance mission over Black Sea with 2 fighter escorts just ended. Transponders off until mission was over.
Here's his link:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4135989/posts?q=1&;page=74#74
I believe that JDAM-ER and Rivet Joint are connected.
The Rivet Joint's mission is to detect, identify and geolocate signals throughout the electromagnetic spectrum.
A max range release of JDAM-ER requires the aircraft to fly at high altitude (30,000ft) and high speed (mach .9).
This could expose the launch aircraft to a possible S-400 SAM launch.
The Rivet Joint could detect and geolocate any RU S-400 sites that are operational & transmitting. If an S-400 missile is launched, Rivet Joint would also detect that and "could" warn UKR MiGs of the launch using secure communications.
A more likely scenario is the RU S-400 sites never detected the UKR MiGs and the Rivet Joint aircraft monitored all RU radar and radio communications and went home after the UKR MiGs returned to base (RTB).
The streets lights are back on in Kharkiv after a year of darkness.
@bayraktar_1love 8h
The U.S. military are looking into whether AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, designed to be fired from Western fighter jets such as the U.S.-made F-16, can be mounted on Ukraine’s existing MiGs - according to Politico
https://politico.com/news/2023/03/07/u-s-military-air-to-air-missiles-ukrainian-migs-00085877
“Winged JDAM Smart Bombs Are Now Operational In Ukraine”
@NOELreports 5h
General James Hecker, Commander of the US Air Force in Europe, confirmed that the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is already using JDAM-ER guided bombs.
“PMC says if the Bakhmut operation fails, that will be the end for the Russian Federation because spring will unlock UA resources and they will go on a massive counter attack, totally collapsing the Russian front line.”
Thanks for posting PIF.
Hope we are all still online to discuss as these events unfold. It is history in the making.
Thousands of Ukraine’s best and brightest military people are abroad learning and training in many various countries, so much equipment and different weapons systems are coming in while Russia has spent all these months bogged down in Bakhmut, allowing the Ukrainians to modernize and train while holding the Russians at bay in that burnt out city.
A few months ago I was wondering how the Ukrainians would manage to get the time for all these new things to come together for them but the Russians never got it going to disrupt the Ukrainians, to impose anything on the Ukrainians, to control events, or shape them.
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