Yuriy Ignat, Advisor to the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, confirmed that the Ukrainian army is using American JDAM smart bombs. that quote DEA News.
“We also use JDAM bombs. These are Western-style bombs, with which our aircraft hit key targets quite successfully,” he said.
The munitions are “slightly less powerful, but extremely accurate,” he said, and Ukraine wants to have more of these bombs.
On March 10, the Ukrainian edition of Strana.ua reported that it was in the area of the village of Kurdyumovka (Russian name Artemovsk), near Bakhmut. first applied JDAM precision bomb.
In February, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba declarationKiev will soon receive air bombs with a range of 72 and 150 km.
Standard JDAM kits are designed for use with the various Mk 80 series unguided bombs and other munitions, in this form they become a precision weapon. A conventional JDAM grenade can hit targets up to 24 km away, depending on the altitude at which it is fired. But adding a set of wings to the JDAM-ER increases its flight range to about 72 km.