US Planning to Provide Ukraine With Equipment to Convert Rockets Into ’Smart Bombs’

By Staff, Agencies

The White House is planning to supply Ukraine with advanced electronic equipment to convert unguided aerial munitions into high-precision "smart bombs" to target Russia's military positions, a US newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing senior US officials familiar with the matter.

According to the report, the delivery would include global positioning devices for precision that could be deployed onto a variety of arms and create what the Pentagon calls a Joint Direct Attack Munition [JDAM].

It is yet unknown whether US President Joe Biden or senior US military officials have approved the delivery of the equipment, the report added.

The officials did not say whether the Ukrainian military would be using the equipment with air- or ground-based munitions or what weapons at Ukraine's disposal would be converted to high-precision "smart bombs."