Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday it had shot down a US GLSDB bomb, which has the longest range of any munition officially supplied by the West to Ukraine’s army to support it in its war with Russia, Reuters and AFP reported. , quoted by Agerpres.

“Air defense (…) shot down 18 missiles of the HIMARS system and one guided missile GLSDB,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a daily report on the progress of the military campaign in Ukraine.

The message states that the bomb was dropped in the last day, without specifying the district.

In early February, the United States announced that it would include small-diameter ground-based bombs (GLSDB) in military aid offered to Ukraine.

What are GLSDB bombs

A partnership between Saab and Boeing, these are folding-wing missiles that glide to targets up to 150 kilometers away and can be launched using multiple-launch rocket systems that Ukraine already receives from its Western allies.

This new weapon provides a significant increase in the 80-kilometer range of missiles launched with HIMARS systems and can cover almost all of the territory of Ukraine occupied by Russian forces, with the exception of Crimea, possibly forcing Moscow to relocate its ammunition depots and other military objects further from the front line, probably even directly on the territory of Russia.

A major advantage of this system is that it combines the GBU-39 small diameter bomb and the M26 rocket motor, both of which are widely available in the United States arsenal.

The GLSDB system, created by a partnership between Saab and Boeing, is characterized by high accuracy at long distances, and GLSDB also has the ability to fly complex trajectories and maneuver to engage targets that cannot be hit by conventional firearms, directly or indirectly, Saab transferred in 2019, after its testing.

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