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It sounds like Russia's UMPK glide bombs are more comparable to the inexpensive JDAM-ER, which Ukraine already has. These JSOW glide bombs sound like they have have about twice the range that Russia's glide bombs do.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-154_Joint_Standoff_Weapon
Operational range
- low altitude release: 22 kilometres (12 nmi)
- high altitude release: 130 kilometres (70 nmi)
Glad to see Ukraine is getting more and more support. These will also be easier to integrate into their systems since they are now operating F-16s, a platform that has already been integrated with this weapon system. So, we don't need to figure out how to get them to play nice with soviet systems like the MiG-29 as was done for things like HARM anti-radiation missiles. IIRC, they ended up adding a tablet into the cockpit to interact with the HARMs, but even then they could only use a subset of the missile's standard functions with it.
The major hold on is still is due the unfortunate election, because one candidate is putin's lapdog. Normally we would have bipartisan support.