The Armed Forces of Ukraine can count on receiving American high-precision long-range missiles GLSDB not earlier than autumn. M142 HIMARS rocket systems will be used to launch them.

What is known

This was announced by US Deputy Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper (Laura Cooper) during a speech in Congress. The issue was raised amid a missile attack on a bridge in Chongar that connects mainland Ukraine with the Crimean peninsula.

The bridge is actively used by Russian troops for logistical purposes. The distance from it to the front line is approximately 120 km. Judging by the published footage, the strike was nevertheless delivered by the Franco-British Storm Shadow cruise missile.

As for the GLSDB, it is a joint development between Boeing and Saab. It is a combination of an M26 rocket and a GBU-39/B SDB air bomb weighing about 115 kg. For guidance, an inertial system and GPS are used. Deviation from the target is less than 1 meter.

Source: Foreign Affairs Committee