What do GLSDB and ATACMS stand for, what are they capable of, and what role might they play in Ukraine’s flagging counter-offensive?
. The system consists of a rocket from which a glider bomb with pop-out wings detaches at altitude. Its 113kg fragmentation warhead can “hit within the radius of a car tyre” as far as 150km away, according to Saab, the Swedish defence contractor that, along with Boeing, an American firm, produces the munition. The, an American system that Ukraine received last year.
The rockets Ukraine is currently firing from these launchers have a maximum range of 84km, a little over half that of the. In addition to greater reach, the new munition has a programmable fuse with options that include aerial blast and delayed detonation .s can manoeuvre in flight, so they can hit targets in different areas without repositioning the launcher. Saab claims that the munition can knock out targets on a hillside’s “reverse slope” that cannot be struck by direct fire.
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