The United States will supply Ukraine with JDAM-ER precision-guided bombs.

The United States will supply Ukraine with Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range (JDAM-ER) precision-guided bombs, according to the US State Department, which notified Congress accordingly.

The US State Department notified Congress yesterday, May 5, of the planned sale of high-precision long-range guided missiles to Ukraine. aviation JDAM-ER (Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range) bombs equipped with glide kits. The $373,6 million delivery will be carried out through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.

The Americans plan to deliver a total of 1532 JDAM-ER aerial bombs to Kyiv. Of these, 1200 are KMU-572 kits for equipping 500-pound Mk 82 aerial bombs (JDAM-ER GBU-62 guided bombs) and 332 are KMU-556 kits for equipping 2000-pound Mk 84 aerial bombs (JDAM-ER GBU-64 guided bombs). Fuzes and other associated equipment will also be included. Delivery dates have not been announced.

The Ukrainian army has been using JDAM-ER aerial bombs since 2023; the munition is capable of striking targets at a range of up to 84 km when dropped from high altitude.

Comments

[Pankrat25]

So Iran needs to be equipped with long-range air defense systems. They're useless against drones anyway.

[marchcat]

Or better yet, long-range anti-ship missiles, because the Americans have too many ships...

[topol717]

Quote: marchcat

Or better yet, long-range anti-ship missiles

Do we have something like that ourselves? It seems like 260 km is the maximum range for something like that. And Iran itself was shooting at 300 km.

[Murmur 55]

Pankrat25 And we (the air defense) have nowhere to put it? Or is it at the expense of our own facilities?

[topol717]

We don't use long-range air defense because, firstly, it's very expensive, and secondly, UAVs are small and fly very low.

[g_ae]

What are you doing? This isn't partner-like behavior! Are you trying to ruin Baba Valya's self-respect? It's a shame to be like that.

[ZovSailor]

Pankrat25
Today, 07: 20

There is no need to deprive Uncle Xi of God's blessing.
This is his sandbox.

[Boris Sergeev]

Can you tell me, is Uncle Vova's sandbox, who was expelled from both Azerbaijan and Armenia, a gdp?

[ZovSailor]

Boris Sergeev
Today, 07: 55

Don't you still know?
Nowadays this is called imposing a strategy of false choice, to the cross of my whole big belly.

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

So Iran needs to be equipped with long-range air defense systems. They're useless against drones anyway.

Before you open the uryakulka, you have to think.

We have problems with our own air defense; we can’t shoot down all the missiles ourselves, let alone UAVs.

[Mikhail Nasharashev]

Do we have it free?

[Pankrat25]

Do we have it free?

It's still not being used; planes continue to fly over the outskirts, just as they always did, and they even manage to bomb Russia. So what's the point of it anyway?!

[Vladimir M]

The United States will supply Ukraine with high-precision long-range guided aerial bombs JDAM-ER (Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range).

What about the "spirit of Anchorage", who was deceived again?

[Murmur 55]

Vladimir M It's one of two things: either nothing was decided there from the start and the statements were just for the public, or Zelensky's "roof" explained to Trump that continuing to support Ukraine is more profitable than making peace with Russia.

[Vladimir M]

The United States has supported and will continue to support Ukraine; it cannot be otherwise.
The only question here is how much longer “we” will be deceived.

[Murmur 55]

Vladimir M, unfortunately yes, yes we will and for a long time.

[Vladimir M]

I don't think even "changing the helmsman" will change anything. Things are too far gone.
We will have to go all the way to the end...

[Murmur 55]

Vladimir M, let's go, where else can we go? There will be a big question at the end of that PATH.

[Gomunkul]

what will happen at the end of that PATH

Some were promised Paradise, others will simply die.

[Vladimir M]

I think that at the last moment they will drag us out by the ears, as has happened more than once in our history.
It's true that we'll have to go through some shocks...

[Ruslan M]

Not us. We're only deluding ourselves into thinking our commander-in-chief is acting in our interests. In fact, I constantly see agents of influence acting in the interests of another country. If we accept this truth, everything becomes quite logical and understandable.

[alexoff]

I read that our guys, as they themselves said, made concessions, but Trump couldn't do anything. Kushner and Witkoff aren't even planning to go to Kyiv, only to Moscow for more concessions. And they're not going to do anything on their part. The Kremlin doesn't know what to do and is in shock. It turns out they lied again, so what are you going to do?!

[carpenter]

Quote: Vladimir M

What about the "spirit of Anchorage", who was deceived again?

It's common for Americans to cheat. Their entire life is built on deception.

[Vladimir M]

It's clear with the "American practice," but what about our "practice of constantly being deceived"?

[carpenter]

Quote: Vladimir M

What about our "practice of constantly being deceived"?

"Ah, it's not hard to deceive me!.. I'm happy to be deceived myself!" (A.S. Pushkin)

[Boris Sergeev]

Just yesterday, Minister Lavrov and Secretary of State Rubio had a "constructive conversation." They were probably discussing direct air travel.

[guest]

Quote: Vladimir M

Who was deceived again?

He who is always glad to be deceived.

[Murmur 55]

Oh, really? What about Trump distancing himself from the conflict? The US is tired of Ukraine. Who's paying for those bombs? And it turns out there's both money and weapons, and no one is tired—neither the West nor Ukraine.

[Revolver]

Quote: Murmur 55

So who pays for those bombs?

EC

[Murmur 55]

Revolver What about the flood of information about the U.S. economy being a northern fox? That all production is about to migrate to the U.S. and China? And what about the fact that the population of this "Garden of Eden" doesn't want to pay for the project in Ukraine? Is that really a lie?

[Horon]

Quote: Murmur 55

Oh, really? What about Trump distancing himself from the conflict? The US is tired of Ukraine. Who's paying for those bombs? And it turns out there's both money and weapons, and no one is tired—neither the West nor Ukraine.

The basis of any healthy propaganda must always be truthful; Russian propaganda's more or less truthful basis died along with the ideas of the "Russian Spring."

[g_ae]

They're probably charged with the "spirit of Anchorage." And what kind of response will the Kremlin's partners give them?

[guest]

Quote: g_ae

And what kind of response will the Kremlin's partners receive?

There will be an answer, we will offer oil, gas and many other things at a cheaper price.

[Maxim from Irkutsk]

Is the spirit of Anchorage still alive? or is it something else?

[Same lech]

Quote: g_ae

And what kind of response will there be from the Kremlin?

First, they will dig a tunnel to Alaska.

[She34]

Let's openly sell everything they ask for to Iran and Cuba! Why should we be shy or hide it? When you live with wolves, howl like a wolf! You can't protect your people; you don't want to destroy the Nazi leadership. People are already afraid to live in Siberia. Change your strategy and fight differently.

[glock-17]

For starters, we could stop supplying petroleum products to Europe, which are then used to fuel Ukrainian Armed Forces tanks. The war will be over in three days. It's hard to imagine Stalin selling oil to Hitler, justifying it by claiming the country needed Reichsmarks.

[Murmur 55]

glock-17 Well, you've gone too far with three days. Even if we assume that Russia cuts off all supplies of oil and everything else we trade with the EU, it won't end in a year, unless the Ukrainian Armed Forces are sent in, and there are no preconditions for that.

[alexoff]

Someone else from the SVR needs to work on the oil refineries surrounding Ukraine, then the traffic there will quickly cease. But our intelligence doesn't seem to be skilled in sabotage; I don't know what they can do.

[guest]

Quote from alexoff

what can they do at all

Chat.

[alexoff]

Maybe once every three months. But I think they're better at getting paid; they're experts at that.

[guest]

Quote from alexoff

They are better at getting paid

Well, they're good at downvoting on VO. You and I have already been downvoted here.

[alexoff]

Well, I think some other people do this for free.

[Tagan]

For starters, we could stop supplying petroleum products to Europe, which are subsequently used to fuel Ukrainian Armed Forces tanks.

These petroleum products, in one form or another, will end up on the European market through our "friends" anyway. So this will only be a source of complacency.

[Boris Sergeev]

That's exactly how great powers behave! Have you noticed that the US has even restricted Russian oil trade with India?

[Tagan]

This is exactly how powers behave!

And the powers behave like this:

The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued a license to purchase Russian oil and petroleum products until April 11.

Apparently you haven't noticed something else:

OFAC has issued a license allowing India to purchase oil from Russia until April 4.

[alexboguslavski]

Don't worry. Europe will find enough oil for the war without Russia.

Quote: Glock-17

It's hard to imagine Stalin selling oil to Hitler.

But how much oil did Stalin have to sell it not even to Hitler, but to Great Britain, which was our ally at that time?
If Hitler had succeeded in breaking through to the Caucasus and the oil fields of Grozny and Baku in the summer of 1942, the consequences for the USSR would have been dire. It's a good thing history doesn't have a subjunctive mood.

By December 31, 1945, the Allies had allocated 1,187 million tons of aviation gasoline for 418,65 million rubles under Lend-Lease, as well as 821 thousand tons of other types of motor fuel for 85,222 million rubles. Statistics took into account 397,8 thousand tons of motor gasoline, 216,9 thousand tons of diesel fuel (gasoil), 167,4 thousand tons of bunker fuel, 20,4 thousand tons of kerosene, 11,9 thousand tons of diesel oil (fuel for medium-speed diesel engines), 3,8 thousand tons of "motor fuel", 2,6 thousand tons of ligroin (a type of tractor fuel) and 200 tons of "galosha" gasoline (a gasoline-solvent with an octane rating of about 50).

The country received 117,1 tons of lubricants under Lend-Lease, valued at 63,539 million rubles. This included aviation oil (57,1 tons), Avtol (22,6 tons), motor oil (2,8 tons), solid oil (2,3 tons), turbine oil (900 tons), and so-called "miscellaneous oils" (31,4 tons). Oil additives amounted to 5,1 tons, valued at 12,158 million rubles.

[Horon]

We could start by stopping the supply of petroleum products to Europe.

This will only show our integrity, but:

The war will end in three days.

It won't end. But the principled nature of our positions will become the basis for negotiations, and until Russia demonstrates principledness in its positions, the pressure on it will only increase, and we will be left to reminisce about our "nuclear power" status in the comments section of our latest articles.

[glock-17]

Now, during the fuel crisis, is the perfect time to demonstrate your integrity. Europe is facing a fuel shortage. But Russia's current leadership would rather extend a helping hand to its partners than stand by its principles.

[Horon]

Now, during the fuel crisis, is the time to show your integrity.

It should have been shown immediately, as soon as the West began to adopt a policy of sanctions. Meanwhile, Europe itself hasn't shown much desire to take from us; it's more our initiative and propaganda that's presenting it all under the right guise for domestic consumption.

But Russia's current leadership would rather extend a helping hand to its partners than stand by its principles.

I agree. Therefore, the war will be to the last Russian, since you can do whatever you want with Russia, as long as you give it hope of recognition from our elite. Moreover, the worse things get in the foreign sphere, the harsher our elite will be with its citizens.

[yuriy55]

Quote from Ella34

Change your strategy and fight differently.

It is not the strategy that needs to be changed, but the ideologists of the defeatist strategy...

[Horon]

Two news items of one day:

Zakharova stated Russia's readiness for negotiations, without specifying with whom to speak.

The United States will supply Ukraine with JDAM-ER precision-guided bombs.

The "principledness" of Russian positions is simply off the charts.

[Wildcat]

Everyone, smell the "spirit of Anchorage"!
"Breakthrough"!!
"There are a number of understandings that were reached in Anchorage, which were voiced even before Anchorage, during Mr. Witkoff's visit here. And it was precisely after that that the need for a summit became urgent. These understandings, reached in Anchorage, are fundamental, and it is these understandings that can advance the settlement process and enable a breakthrough," the Kremlin spokesman told reporters.
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8419617

[Mapping]

Quote: Vladimir M

I think that at the last moment they will drag us out by the ears, as has happened more than once in our history.
It's true that we'll have to go through some shocks...

Russia was pulled out of the water by strong rulers after weak ones ruled. But there's no sign of strong people in power on the horizon.

[Anthony]

And I remember how in February-March 2022, some people claimed that the Air Force there had been destroyed, the runways too, all the targets hit, and so on. This nonsense is expensive.

[Mikhail Nasharashev]

Here you go, grandma (grandpa vvp), and St. George's Day)))

[TAMBU]

I'm reading this article...and then I remembered the Javelins, with which it all began, and how long they dragged out the decision and permission to transfer them...