Tja, problemet från början var ju att Boeing och SAAB inte hade några kunder och därför ingen anledning att sätta upp någon produktionslinje. Det verkar som om endast ett mindre antal prototypexemplar hade tillverkats då. Sedan blir det förstås bråttom, och hur långt man har kommit med det och om någon massproduktion ens har inletts äör förstås ingenting man behöver känna till i Moskva.Enceladus skrev: ↑fredag 21 juli 2023 20:52 How two new munitions could affect the war in Ukraine
Tydligen vill Taiwan också ha GLSDB. Produktionen måste alltså öka snabbt för att tillgodose behovet. Klusterammunition kan förhoppningsvis köpa lite tid.The Economist skrev:FIRST IT WAS tanks. Then it was fighter jets. Then cluster bombs. Since Russia invaded in February 2022, Ukraine has secured a range of hardware that Western allies were at first reluctant to give. Two items that remain on its wish-list are a pair of weapons for long-range precision bombing: the clunkily named GLSDB (or Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb) and ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System, pronounced “attack-ems”). America has promised to send Ukraine the GLSDB, but they have yet to arrive. Ukraine has also asked for the ATACMS, but its request has not been granted. What are these weapons capable of, and how might they affect Ukraine’s flagging counter-offensive?
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Of course, even the shorter-range GLSDBs would be a welcome addition to Ukraine’s firepower. But it is not clear when its army will get them. America said in February that it would provide the munition, but on June 22nd a Pentagon official told Congress that the first delivery would not arrive before autumn. One worry is that supplies appear to be limited. America’s plans to supply GLSDBs to Ukraine will reportedly delay delivery of the weapon to Taiwan. ATACMS would be important in any war with North Korea. But even if supplies were plentiful, the White House is also concerned about escalation. Ukraine promises it would not fire American weapons into Russia. Joe Biden, America’s president, is not yet convinced. When asked on July 12th, he played down the issue: “They already have the equivalent of ATACMS now.”
GBU-39 glidflygbomber finns det ganska mycket av USA:s arsenaler, kanske 20.000. Tillgången på M26-rakeker kan vara mer osäker med tanke på att USA:s skrotning av dessa inleddes redan 2011: DAC Designs Equipment to Demil Obsolete Motor Rockets
USA hade som mest mer än 350.000 M26-raketer.
Det är ju underdelen av M26-raketen som används, sedan klusterstridsladdningen avlägsnats och förstörts. Sedan ska förstås adaptern som håller ihop raket och bomb också tillverkas.
Dessutom har ju den indiske putinisten Vijainder K Thakur dömt ut detta vapensystem fullständigt:
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Även Enceladus-kollektivet såg sig föranlåtet att referera till den indiske putinisten Prakash Nandas "EurAsian Times":
Enceladus skrev: ↑söndag 05 februari 2023 1:12 Much Slower Than HIMARS, Russia Says Shooting Down Long-Range GLSDB Rockets Should Not Be Very Hard
En bra artikel från indiska EurAsian Times om de utmaningar som Ukraina står inför med raketbomben GLSDB: låg fart, oklar räckvidd och lång leveranstid.EurAsian Times skrev:Andrey Marochko, a retired colonel of the LPR People’s Militia, told TASS that the ground-launched small-diameter bombs (GLSDB) have a low velocity and can quickly be shot down by air defense systems.
“GLSDB’s flight velocity is much lower than that of type M31 HIMSARS rockets Ukraine is now receiving. Hence, our air defense systems will have more time to target and hit them,” he said.
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“Some sources say these rockets can fly to a distance of up to 150 kilometers, but there is no official verification. Many say the range is 130 kilometers,” he said.
He emphasized that since this ammunition won’t be given to the Ukrainian army until at least mid-autumn, reports of such shipments won’t alter the situation at the combat engagement line.