What Is Paveway IV? NATO Ally Hands Kyiv Laser-Guided JDAM-Style Bombs (newsweek.com)
Kyiv will receive guided aerial bombs that will "enable Ukraine to strike back" at Russia after Moscow's own modified ones shattered targets across the Ukrainian front line.
Newsweek understands that the Paveway IV is part of the package of 1,600 munitions that the U.K. promised to Kyiv earlier this week. It is not clear how many of the precision-guided bombs will make their way to Ukraine, nor when they will arrive.
The British government said on Tuesday it would commit its largest-ever tranche of military aid to Ukraine as part of a package worth £500 million ($622 million). The assistance will include further deliveries of Storm Shadow air-launched, precision-guided missiles, as well as vessels and vehicles.
The Paveway IV—the latest in the Paveway series of bombs—converts unguided munitions, also known as "dumb bombs," into precision-guided weapons. They can use laser guidance or satellites to find their way to a target.
The weapons have been used by British fighter jets in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Britain's Royal Air Force used Paveway IV bombs fired from Typhoon jets to attack two military sites belonging to Houthi rebels in Yemen in January 2024.
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