Ukrainian media say the Ukrainian military possibly used the JDAM near the Kurdyumivka settlement.
Ukraine has possibly used for the first time since the beginning of the war a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), or a “smart bomb”, near Bakhmut city, Ukrainian news outlet Strana.ua reported on Friday.
The JDAM was reported to have been used by the Ukrainian military forces near the Kurdyumivka settlement, the outlet said.
Yan Gagin, an advisor to the leader of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), told Russian news agency TASS on March 10 that Ukrainian forces dropped a JDAM bomb on Kurdyumivka near the Bakhmut region of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) to test the capability of Soviet-made war jets to deploy such bombs.
“These are air-launched bombs. Originally, they were made for NATO aircraft. Ukraine has no such aircraft. This could have been a combat test with a non-standard carrier. This can apply, in particular, to MiG-29 multirole fighters,” he said.
In December 2022, US media reports citing US officials stated that Ukraine is expected to be provided with advanced electronic equipment by the White House – to transform unmanned aerial munitions into high-precision “smart bombs” to use against Russia.
Source: Almayadeen
