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blue-wave

(5,543 posts)
Mon May 18, 2026, 06:07 PM 21 hrs ago

Ukraine's First Precision Guided Bomb Built Entirely in Country, Now Combat-Ready, Defense Minister Says

Source: Kyiv Post

Ukraine has developed its first domestically produced guided aerial bomb, which is now ready for combat use, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on Monday, May 18.

Fedorov said the bomb was created by a participant in Ukraine’s Brave1 defense technology platform and has already passed the necessary preliminary tests.

“The first Ukrainian guided aerial bomb is ready for combat use,” Fedorov said, adding that Ukraine continues to develop “high-tech solutions for the front.”

Fedorov, who previously served as Ukraine’s digital transformation minister and championed the Brave1 cluster, said the bomb’s development took 17 months. He said the weapon features a “unique design” tailored to the realities of modern warfare and is not a copy of Western or Soviet systems.

Read more: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/76364



Ukrainian engineering, which kept the Soviet Union moving forward technologically and one of the reasons Putin wants Ukraine, is in overdrive. Russia will not be able to compete with Ukrainian advances. Every new military technology brings Ukraine closer to victory and Putin knows it.

Slava Ukraini!! Heroyam Slava!!
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Ukraine's First Precision Guided Bomb Built Entirely in Country, Now Combat-Ready, Defense Minister Says (Original Post) blue-wave 21 hrs ago OP
I see woke works.................... Lovie777 21 hrs ago #1
I hope freedom-loving scientists and other experts are working to help defeat fascism erronis 21 hrs ago #2
Ukraine has always been the 'brains" of Soviets/Russia. It should come as no surprise they are good at this stuff Cheezoholic 21 hrs ago #3
Interesting to hear this about Ukraine! Slava Ukraini! electric_blue68 19 hrs ago #7
Absolutely!! blue-wave 15 hrs ago #12
Ukraine says 'F--K YOU!; to shitstain dave99 21 hrs ago #4
Which shitstain? Ukraine has to deal with 2 of them.... AZ8theist 17 hrs ago #10
Good republianmushroom 19 hrs ago #5
hammer those russkies duckworth969 19 hrs ago #6
Post removed Post removed 19 hrs ago #8
Huh? Why would Ukraine trade with an adversary? Brother Buzz 17 hrs ago #11
Please take out Putin. End him now. travelingthrulife 19 hrs ago #9

Lovie777

(23,732 posts)
1. I see woke works....................
Mon May 18, 2026, 06:13 PM
21 hrs ago

wonder any USA's ousted scientists are there helping.

erronis

(24,529 posts)
2. I hope freedom-loving scientists and other experts are working to help defeat fascism
Mon May 18, 2026, 06:24 PM
21 hrs ago

whether in the rump USSR, or in the trump USA.

Cheezoholic

(3,904 posts)
3. Ukraine has always been the 'brains" of Soviets/Russia. It should come as no surprise they are good at this stuff
Mon May 18, 2026, 06:36 PM
21 hrs ago

Whatever you may think of the current ability of Russia's military at one time they were very formidable. Ukraine was the center of their brain trust. And the brains in Ukraine didn't just build weaponry. It was the engineering center of the entire USSR and through the years built some really good stuff. Lacking advanced western technology for most of the 20th century they built things very robust and very easy to repair. It's no surprise, to me anyway, that they are capable of a lot more than most of the world thought they could do. 20th century Soviet engineering took the KISS principle very seriously. There's a reason that principle works to this day.


Slava Ukraine!
FF!!!

electric_blue68

(27,301 posts)
7. Interesting to hear this about Ukraine! Slava Ukraini!
Mon May 18, 2026, 08:30 PM
19 hrs ago

Half 2nd Gen Ukrainian-American my dad's side. He was a smart man, too.

Even if I wasn't; I'd be cheering them on against the murderous bully Putin!

Response to blue-wave (Original post)

Brother Buzz

(40,408 posts)
11. Huh? Why would Ukraine trade with an adversary?
Mon May 18, 2026, 10:56 PM
17 hrs ago

Iran provides vital military hardware to Russia, including ballistic missiles, artillery shells, and attack drones.

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