Le Monde reports that on Tuesday French President Emanuel Macron announced sending “several hundred” AASM HAMMER powered gliding bombs to Ukraine, in addition to 40 SCALP missiles. [Roughly equivalent to JDAM, but w/ addition of a rocket booster motor and an option of an IR or laser seeker.]

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1. GPS jamming seems quite prevelant now. Curious to see if the plan is for IR/laser designation via drones now.

2. Wow this is big time great news May they kill as many worms as possible!!

   Slava Ukraine!

3. This sounds promising. Thank you France?

4. Good stuff.

5. im so excited 😀 its like Christmas came again

6. Come on Germany, you don’t want to be outdone by FRANCE!

7. Is it just me or do French missiles look more stylish than other people’s missiles?

8. The French airforce declined USAF offer to suppressed a Libyan SAM battery.

   Bombed the SAM battery with this.