Hanse Mina

The U.S. is poised to resume shipments to Ukraine of long-range bombs known as Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bombs (GLSDB), after they were upgraded to better counter Russian jamming. The #GLSDB's have a range of around 100 miles or 160km.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-long-range-bombs-headed-ukraine-atacms-supply-dwindles-2025-03-13/

#Ukraine #Russia #US #ATACMS

Mar 14 at 2:30amWeb
Show threadIsaac Ji KuoMar 14

@hanse_mina Unfortunately, GLSDB originally was designed for GWOT against poorly equipped enemies - same as a lot of other USA systems vulnerable to jamming.

Hopefully, weapon system designs going forward will not rely on GPS signals. An optical variant of TERCOM could be good (normal TERCOM uses a radar altimeter, but altitude could instead be calculated using a downward pointed camera).

Show threadJoe StickerMar 14
@isaackuo @hanse_mina SAAB who co-developed this system together with Boeing are using it on the RBS15. But I think it would be a very expensive and time consuming upgrade.