"Smart" Gldsb bombs do not fly to the Russian troops: Russian systems of the right are guilty of everything - Reuters

GLSDB navigation system, which allows a bomb to bypass such obstacles as mountains and air defense mountains and are prone to the influence of Russian HPs. This was reported by three people familiar with the situation on the front. Although Boeing stated that it could increase the stability of bombs to radio interruption, one of the sources expressed the opinion that months would take months to solve the problem.

The agency reminds that the bomb made jointly by Saab AB and Boeing, and was in the development long before the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine. According to Wikipedia, GLSDB has a tri -steady head of self -esteem, equipped with inertial guidance, GPS, infrared and active radar homing. All these systems should help the bomb overcome areas where satellites are suppressed.

However, the Russians generate obstacles, transmitting a huge amount of energy to a certain area that suppress the projectile signals. Russia also uses this tactics for Ukrainian radio stations, drones and even 155 mm artillery ammunition "Escalybur" with GPS. Obstacles in the battlefield in Ukraine are a reality, and numerous weapons have to deal with these and other counter -measures, said Tom Karako, a weapon expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

"Regardless of whether such problems will be solved through technical updates or simply alternative methods of application, the usefulness of fire at long distances will remain," the expert stressed. The Gund-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GlsDB-small-diameter bomb-ed. ) The range of 161 km has small wings that increase its radius. The projectile consists of a small diameter of GBU-39 (SDB) and M26 rocket engine. The Armed Forces have been used by GLSDB since the beginning of 2024.