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Great Britain will transfer Paveway IV precision bombs to Kyiv

Great Britain decided to send Paveway IV precision bombs to Ukraine. These bombs, weighing 500 pounds (about 227 kg), are equipped with GPS and laser guidance systems, allowing for precise strikes on targets more than 30 kilometers from the release point.

Paveway IV is a development of the traditional Mark 82 high-explosive bomb, adapted to modern requirements for the precise destruction of military targets with minimal collateral consequences.

The UK Air Force actively uses Paveway IV bombs with Eurofighter Typhoon and Tornado GR4 fighters, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces will have to adapt the bombs to local types of military aircraft, such as the MiG-29 and Su-27. Considering that the Ukrainian Air Force already has experience in using similar ammunition - in particular, the French AASM Hammer and aerial bombs with JDAM-ER modules - this transition can be successfully implemented. However, due to the short launch range of aerial bombs, Ukrainian aircraft will fall within the range of short-range air defense systems and will almost certainly be shot down.

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