01-31-2024, 09:07 AM
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-getti...11944.html
So it appears they are indeed getting the "high-price spread" GPS :-). This can be a real "enabler" to the other less "jamming-resistant" PGMs Ukraine has. The question is how many missiles are they getting. It would be very unfortunate if the production capacity is single digits a month or anything like it. Ukraine needs "lots" of these weapons.
Along those lines, it would be very nice if the US would provide some JASSM/LRASM missiles to go along with the F-16 Ukraine will get from EU countries. These missiles are "stealthy" and are equipped with jam-resistant GPS. The LRASM also can carry a jammer and can operate in anti-radiation mode. That capability can definitely put paid to any Russian air search radars anywhere in Ukraine (including Crimea). These missiles can also reach the Kerch bridge. Ukraine would have to penetrate into South Kherson airspace (or the Sea of Azov) to do the launch, but that is doable and very much worth the effort if it destroys the bridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-158C_LRASM
Note that the JASSM shares the production line with LRASM. They are the same missile with different guidance packages.
Quote:In a press release from September 2022, Saab said it featured a Laser SDB variant, supported by a "highly" jamming-resistant GPS.
So it appears they are indeed getting the "high-price spread" GPS :-). This can be a real "enabler" to the other less "jamming-resistant" PGMs Ukraine has. The question is how many missiles are they getting. It would be very unfortunate if the production capacity is single digits a month or anything like it. Ukraine needs "lots" of these weapons.
Along those lines, it would be very nice if the US would provide some JASSM/LRASM missiles to go along with the F-16 Ukraine will get from EU countries. These missiles are "stealthy" and are equipped with jam-resistant GPS. The LRASM also can carry a jammer and can operate in anti-radiation mode. That capability can definitely put paid to any Russian air search radars anywhere in Ukraine (including Crimea). These missiles can also reach the Kerch bridge. Ukraine would have to penetrate into South Kherson airspace (or the Sea of Azov) to do the launch, but that is doable and very much worth the effort if it destroys the bridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-158C_LRASM
Note that the JASSM shares the production line with LRASM. They are the same missile with different guidance packages.
