(Security): United States is Considering sending Long-range Rockets to Ukraine as Arms Supplies Dwindle

 

Reports has it that the United States is considering sending long range rockets as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to drive up demand for American-made weapons and ammunition.

According to the report by Reuters on Monday morning, November 28, 2022, the Pentagon is considering a proposal to supply Ukraine with cheap, small precision bombs fitted onto abundantly available rockets, allowing Kyiv to strike far behind Russian lines as the West struggles to meet the demand for more weapons. And the US and allied military inventories are shrinking, and Ukraine faces an increasing need for more sophisticated arms as the war drags on.

According to sources, Boeing’s proposed system, dubbed Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB), is one of about a half-dozen plans for getting new munitions into production for Ukraine and the US’s Eastern European allies.

GLSDB could be delivered as early as spring 2023, according to a document reviewed by the news agency and three people familiar with the plan. It combines the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) with the M26 rocket motor, both of which are common in US inventories.

In the words of Doug Bush, "the US Army’s chief weapons buyer at the Pentagon last week, “the military was also looking at accelerating production of 155mm artillery shells currently manufactured only at government facilities by allowing defence contractors to build them".

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