The U.S. Defence Cooperation Agency (DSCA) reported that the U.S. Department of State has agreed to sale GBU-39/B glide bombs to Poland. For 1,400 pieces of this weaponry, along with training and training systems, our country is expected to pay a maximum of $180 million, or about PLN 670 million. The US legislature must now approve the export agreement.
Although the name of this kind of weapon, i.e. glide bombs, may propose that it is not a weapon of precise destruction, but developed by Boeing GBU-39/B were created for the intent of destroying objects of the opponent (e.g. command stations, fortifications, radars, anti-aircraft systems) with accuracy of respective meters. The GBU-39/B under appropriate weather conditions can harm the mark by a maximum of 100 km, and the accuracy is provided by an extended GPS-connected inertial navigation strategy (INS/GPS).
These 1.8 m long bombs and 19 cm in diameter weigh little than 130 kg (of which the battlehead itself is 93 kg), making them the smallest and lightest precision aerial weapons in the equipment of the American Air Force. 5th generation multipurpose aircraft F-35A Lightning II They can take 8 of these bombs into the interior bomb chamber.
Soon the GBU-39/B can besides be included in the equipment of the Polish Army. On May 21, the US Defence Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced that the U.S. Department of State had agreed to sale them to our country. For 1,400 GBU-39/B, 4 GBU-39 (T-1)/B exercise bombs and a training, diagnostic and spare parts package, Poland can pay the maker – Boeing – a maximum of $180 million, or about PLN 670 million.
The US State Department's approval means that now the sale of bombs to the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland must approve the US legislature within 2 weeks. Congressmen can do so in the form of a vote or through silent consent – without expressing their opposition within 2 weeks.
