A video of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using JDAM-ER precision aerial bombs has surfaced online
At the beginning of 2023, the USA promised to hand over JDAM-ER air bombs to Ukraine. It looks like the AFU is already using them.
Here's What We Know
The Army of Drones project published a video on Facebook of how the 77th Separate Airmobile Brigade of the DShV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed the occupier's ammunition in Bakhmut with the help of drones and tactical aviation. According to military analysts @UAWeapons, the strike was carried out using four bombs with JDAM-ER kits.
#Ukraine: Presumably one of the first videos showing US-delivered ???????? guided bombs with JDAM-ER kits in action in Bakhmut, #Donetsk Oblast.
- ???????? Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 25, 2023
Four GBU-62 were dropped on what is claimed to be an ammo storage point and Russian military staging area. pic.twitter.com/xExafWGAx0
Flashback
The JDAM-ER (Joint Direct Attack Munition - Extended Range) is a precision-guided air bomb with an extended range of 72.5km. The US developed it in conjunction with the Royal Australian Air Force. Carriers of the smart bomb are US fighters and unmanned aerial vehicles. Ukrainian aviation uses the JDAM-ER with Soviet aircraft.
Source: Army of Drones
