Exclusive: U.S. weighs sending 100-mile strike weapon to Ukraine

Reuters ^ | 28-NOV-2022 | Mike Stone

[SpeedyInTexas]

The Pentagon is considering a Boeing proposal to supply Ukraine with cheap, small precision bombs fitted onto abundantly available rockets, allowing Kyiv to strike far behind Russian lines as the West struggles to meet demand for more arms.

U.S. and allied military inventories are shrinking, and Ukraine faces an increasing need for more sophisticated weapons as the war drags on. Boeing's proposed system, dubbed Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB), is one of about a half-dozen plans for getting new munitions into production for Ukraine and America's Eastern European allies, industry sources said.

GLSDB could be delivered as early as spring 2023, according to a document reviewed by Reuters and three people familiar with the plan. It combines the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) with the M26 rocket motor, both of which are common in U.S. inventories.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Western countries now have lots of chances to develop new high-tech weapons systems, AND get to test them under real-world battle conditions

I always thought the Germans did us a favor by lending us seven divisions to train against in North Africa.

[Truth29]

I am waiting for Ukraine to start bombing Moscow since Moscow has been bombing Kyiv. Putin's days are numbered, but the war may go on.

[Scrambler Bob]

They will probably send them to Western Ukraine.

[Scrambler Bob]

Boeing? Why don’t they convert their 800 or so idled 737 MAX planes into giant remote control kinetic bombs?
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Or just give them away.

To Russia, or Ukraine?

[kiryandil]

You have to remember that no Ukraine thread is truly complete until some Zeeper quacks out that timeless phrase:

"Da RuZZians could put a stop ta dis by simply going home."

aka the simple person's solution to a complex problem - like something your dog would think up in between squirrels.

[for-q-clinton]

I see you’re a fan of Neville Chamberlain...”Peace in our Time” kind of person. That worked out so well for the world.

[Vermont Lt]

I don’t know. Maybe the lights go off for a bunch of Russians? But in most of Russia…that’s just another Tuesday.

[hardspunned]

I’m just not in favor of doing the globalists’ work for them. I guess in your media addled mind who’s on top in Donbas for the next few years is a comparable danger for us as what England faced with Hitler. Now you, you are obviously in favor of this $500Million a day, unprovoked proxy war against Russia. Since Russia never attacked us or NATO and there is no treaty obligation obligating our involvement, you are advocating massive widespread killing for one of two reasons. You are either out of your head smoking Hillary’s Russia, Russia, Russia stash and you believe the hallucinations or you are warmongering neocon stooge of the Obama/WEF globalists. I’m identifying as not another dime on the quagmire. No more unnecessary death. Hey brainiac, Hitler couldn’t kill 250 million Americans in day either.