Australia has supplied Ukraine with Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended-Range (JDAM-ER) aerial bombs. These were retired from the arsenal of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
This information was reported by the publication Australian Defence.
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According to Australia's guided weapons plan released on October 30, 500-pound JDAM-ER munitions, produced in Australia, were phased out in 2021 along with the decommissioning of the F/A-18A/B Classic Hornet fighter fleet. Ukraine began using such bombs on MiG-29 aircraft back in March 2023, although at that time the munitions were supplied by the United States.
In April 2024, Australia confirmed that it also provided high-precision aerial munitions to Ukraine, and in July of the same year, it announced a new aid package valued at 250 million Australian dollars, which included unnamed aerial bombs.
It is added that the JDAM-ER kits were developed in the early 2000s by the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) in collaboration with Boeing and Ferra Engineering, which continues to manufacture them under a contract that is valid until 2028.
Recall that in October, it was reported that the Australian government would provide the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a new military aid package worth 245 million dollars. The new defense package includes 49 decommissioned Abrams M1A1 tanks.
Recently, the United States allocated a new military aid package for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which included weapons and equipment totaling 425 million dollars.