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in the future, the jsow gliding bombs used by the united states to aid ukraine will be carried by f-16 fighter jets

according to a report on the russian komsomolets website on september 26, the united states is preparing to provide ukraine with new weapons: a new package of assistance to the ukrainian armed forces includes the u.s. joint standoff weapons (jsow) glide bomb.

experts believe that although the jsow glide bomb will not change the balance of power in the special military operations area, it is a weapon that deserves to be taken seriously. alexey leonkov, a military analyst and editor-in-chief of the magazine "arsenal of fatherland", described how zelensky's new "toy" will work.

the white house has announced $375 million in new military aid to kyiv, including agm-154 jsow guided munitions. it is believed that under ideal launch conditions, the glide bomb can hit targets within a radius of 110 to 130 kilometers.

military expert vladislav shulykin believes that this is a weapon that needs to be taken seriously. its advantages are high accuracy, long range, multiple functions, and difficulty in discovery. he said: "the trend is obvious - biden has been slow to authorize the use of us weapons to strike deep targets in russia, but is trying to make up for the ukrainian army's shortcomings in high-precision long-range bombs."

leonkov noted that the agm-154 jsow is a glide bomb very similar to the joint direct attack bomb (jdam).

he said: "these bombs are slightly different: jdam is a modified conventional bomb, such as the gbu-34 or gbu-39. by adding special modules, it becomes a glide bomb. jsow is a modified aerial bomb that can fly bombs with medium-corrected ballistics have a range similar to that of jdam, but use different algorithms. the carrier aircraft of these bombs can be f-16 fighter jets that ukraine has received.”

leonkov said that the jsow bomb is a new weapon. americans use ukraine as a testing ground. they test various types of weapons and, if their performance is proven, give them the green light for further development and improvements. the appearance of this ammunition in ukraine is related to this.

does russia have the means to deal with these bombs?

leonkov said: "the americans mentioned that due to the range of these bombs, the carrier aircraft does not need to enter the russian air defense range. but the question always remains: what kind of system are we talking about? the f-16 fighter jet is s-400, s -300 and "buk" and other air defense systems can shoot them down. so this is a question worthy of debate. i think the americans want to test them under actual combat conditions. , they will know how survivable these bombs are and whether they can defeat our air defense systems. (compiled by wei lianglei)

source: reference news