The Defense Department will spend $92 million in congressionally approved supplemental funds for supplying the weapon.
Excalibur has a range of approximately 50km. The Lethal mechanism consists of a unitary warhead, and the system can be programmed for an air burst, point, and delay detonation."
"Once Excalibur has been given its start position and the target position, it is fired just like a normal shell. The glide flight to the target starts after reaching the apogee. The shell is corrected in flight towards the pre-programmed trajectory by the 'Global Positioning System' - and Inertial' Navigation System' - supported navigation and guidance system as long as it has the kinetic energy to fly.
"This also confirms what had long been suspected, that the United States is providing this advanced weapon to Ukraine," he added.Based on the weapon's capabilities, it is estimated that it has probably been used thus far sparingly to surgically destroy Russian command posts and command-and-control centers.it provides" improved fire support to the maneuver force commander, increases lethality and reduces collateral damage.
The new budget also reveals the U.S. will be providing Ukraine with conventional 155mm artillery rounds, MK-19 grenade launchers, "precision sniper rifles" and "spotting scopes" Javelin anti-armor and Stinger anti-air missiles, the HIMARS mobile rocket system and its Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, or GMLRS, missiles and "replacement battery coolant units" for Stingers.
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