Reuters: US may hand Ukraine GLSDB missiles with a range of up to 150km this spring

Yesterday, 3 February, HIMARS ammunition, GLSDB missiles, Hawk SAMs, Puma UAVs, Jevelin MANPADS and Claymore mines: US announces new $2 200 000 000 military aid package for Ukraine, and now it is known when exactly the weapons will arrive in Ukraine.

Here's What We Know

According to Reuters, the US plans to transfer the missiles to the Ukrainian Armed Forces as early as this spring, not in 9 months as previously stated.

By the way, according to journalists, now Ukraine has no MLRSs that could use GLSDB, so together with the missiles, the US is likely to transfer new HIMARS launchers to the Armed Forces as well.

Flashback

GLSDB (Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb) are missiles for MLRSs with a range of up to 150 km. The missiles are produced by the American company Boeing in cooperation with the Swedish company SAAB. Each GLSDB projectile is a combination of an M26 unguided missile and a GBU-39/B SDB aerial guided bomb, which weighs approximately 115 kg. The GLSDB is propelled by an M26 rocket engine and then the GBU-39/B moves towards the target using an integrated GPS paired with an inertial navigation system.

Source: Reuters