Ukraine's war has shown the US its expensive GPS-guided munitions aren't as effective as it thought: report

Fri, 02/23/2024 - 06:31

An Airman from the 7th Munitions Conventional Maintenance shop prepares Joint Direct Attack Munitions at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 31, 2024. — An Airman from the 7th Munitions Conventional Maintenance shop preparing Joint Direct Attack Munitions at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, last month.
US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Leon Redfern

The Pentagon is learning lessons from the Ukraine war.
The conflict has shown that its munitions are vulnerable to electronic jamming.
It's changing the way the Pentagon plans for war, The Washington Post has reported.

The US has long placed its faith in expensive weapons as the key to victory in conflicts, but the Ukraine war is forcing it to revise its assumptions, The Washington Post has reported.