{"id":63334,"date":"2023-02-03T18:40:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T18:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/02\/03\/us-pledges-longer-range-small-diameter-bomb-for-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:48:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:48:33","slug":"us-pledges-longer-range-small-diameter-bomb-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2023\/02\/03\/us-pledges-longer-range-small-diameter-bomb-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"US pledges longer-range \u2018small-diameter bomb\u2019 for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 The U.S. announced Friday it will send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine<\/a> the ground-launched small-diameter bomb, a weapon that can double Kyiv\u2019s strike range, as part of its latest military aid package, worth $2.17 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The package\u2019s GPS-guided GLSDB from Boeing has a range of 93 miles and can be launched from mobile artillery systems like the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS. It comes after reports the Biden administration was considering helping Ukraine target the Crimean peninsula, which Russia has been using to launch strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ground-launched small diameter bombs will give Ukraine \u201ca long-range fires capability that will enable them, again, to conduct operations in defense of their country and taking back their sovereign territory in Russian-occupied areas,\u201d the Pentagon\u2019s press secretary, Brig. Gen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/08\/04\/pentagon-names-new-press-secretary\/\">Patrick Ryder<\/a>, told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked whether the weapons would be used against Russian targets in Crimea, Ryder declined to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funding in the package for long-term purchases includes two HAWK air defense firing units, anti-aircraft guns, counter drone systems and Puma drones. The package also for the first time includes unspecified equipment to connect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/10\/12\/us-pushes-patchwork-air-defense-for-ukraine-amid-russian-blitz\/\" target=\"_blank\">all the different air defense systems<\/a> Western allies have rushed to the battlefield and integrate them into Ukraine\u2019s own air defenses, to help it better defend against Russia\u2019s missile attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent months, the U.S. has pledged medium- to long-range <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/10\/25\/ukraine-bound-nasams-are-in-us-hands-now-raytheon\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems<\/a>, or NASAMS, and truck-launched short-range <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/11\/10\/us-sending-ukraine-400-million-in-military-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\">Avenger<\/a> air defense systems; the Netherlands, Germany and the U.S. are sending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2022\/12\/21\/white-house-announces-patriots-for-ukraine-amid-zelenskyy-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patriot<\/a> missile defense systems; Germany is sending medium-range IRIS-T air defense systems; and Spain is sending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2023\/01\/23\/italy-confirms-samp-t-missile-defense-donation-to-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aspide<\/a> anti-aircraft air defense systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ryder said enhancing Ukraine\u2019s air defenses has been a U.S. aid priority as Russia bombards civilian targets, adding that Kyiv has done a \u201cremarkable job\u201d employing those various systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2023\/01\/25\/in-reversal-us-to-send-31-abrams-tanks-to-ukraine\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tank-blast-1.jpg-1.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">In reversal, US to send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. has committed to send a 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, reversing course after Germany cleared the way for Europe to send scores of main battle tanks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. is sending $425 million\u2019s worth of aid from military stocks to include nearly 200 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, or MRAPs; more HIMARS; 155mm artillery and 120mm mortar rounds; and nearly 200 heavy machine guns with thermal imagery sights and ammunition to fire at flying drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For months, U.S. officials have hesitated to send longer-range systems to Ukraine out of concern they would be used on targets inside Russia, escalating the conflict and drawing the U.S. in deeper. It\u2019s denied Ukraine\u2019s requests for the Army Tactical Missile System, a surface-to-surface missile with a range of nearly 200 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GLSDB is just the latest advanced system, following Abrams tanks and the Patriot missile defense system, the U.S. has eventually agreed to provide Ukraine after initially saying no. To date, the longest-range missile provided by the U.S., the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, has a reach of about 50 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GLSDB marries the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb, a 250-pound precision-guided munition that costs $40,000 each, and the M26, a demilitarized rocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The funding for the GLSDB is for longer-term purchases, so it wasn\u2019t clear Friday<b> <\/b>how long it will take to get the bomb to the battlefield. A Foundation for Defense of Democracies analysis said Ukraine could receive an initial delivery of two launchers and 24 weapons in as little as nine months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts say the weapons could help Ukraine<b> <\/b>strike Russian forces, logistics hubs and strategic terrain in Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2023\/01\/19\/us-still-holds-back-long-range-atacms-missiles-from-ukraine\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22277834689498.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US still holds back long-range ATACMS missiles from Ukraine<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The long-range weapons are seen by the Pentagon as needless for the conflict, and possibly escalatory \u2013 at least for now.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine needs the longer-range systems to target supply arteries from Russia to Ukrainian territory and sites from which Russia has been launching Iranian-made drones, according to retired Army Lt. Gen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/home\/2015\/08\/02\/electronic-warfare-what-us-army-can-learn-from-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Hodges<\/a>, a former commander of U.S. Army Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m talking about giving the Ukrainians the ability to make Crimea untenable, and they do that with longer-range systems that can target the big Russian logistics hubs on the northern part of Crimea, the navy base in Sevastopol and the dozens of other places in Crimea that are airfields or ammunition storage or headquarters,\u201d Hodges told Defense News last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[Ukrainian forces] know where these are, they just can\u2019t reach them. We have in effect created sanctuary for the Russian by limiting weapons that we give to Ukraine,\u201d Hodges said of the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine\u2019s defense minister, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/unmanned\/2023\/02\/01\/ukraine-plans-to-spend-540-million-on-drones-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oleksii Reznikov<\/a>, said Thursday the country is prepared to offer guarantees to its Western partners their weapons won\u2019t be used to strike inside Russian territory, adding Kyiv needs weapons with a range of up to 300 kilometers to expel the Russian forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we could strike at a distance of up to 300 kilometers, the Russian army wouldn\u2019t be able to mount a defense and will have to withdraw,\u201d Reznikov said at a meeting with EU officials. \u201cUkraine is ready to provide any guarantees that your weapons will not be involved in attacks on the Russian territory. We have enough targets in the occupied areas of Ukraine, and we\u2019re prepared to coordinate on [these<b>] <\/b>targets with our partners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>With reporting by The Associated Press.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. announced Friday it will send Ukraine the Boeing-made ground-launched small-diameter bomb, a weapon that can double its strike 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