According to Reuters, Ukraine is specifically asking for Mk 20 Rockeye II cluster bombs. Also known as CBU-100, Ukraine’s reported plan for the weapons would not involve dropping them from combat aircraft. Instead, they would take the Mk 20s apart and their submunitions would be adapted into bomblets that will be dropped by lower-end drones.
New US military aid for
Ukraine worth up to $300M, includes munitions for drones
By
MATTHEW ADAMS
STARS AND STRIPES • May
31, 2023
A U.S. Army Patriot missile system in Croatia in
May 2021 participating in DEFENDER-Europe 21 exercises. (Alexandra Shea/U.S.
Army)
WASHINGTON — The latest U.S. military aid for
Ukraine worth up to $300 million includes munitions for drones, the Pentagon
announced Wednesday.
The drone ammunition in the new military aid
follows attacks Tuesday by unmanned aircraft that targeted Moscow. However,
there is no indication that U.S.-made drones or munitions were used in the
recent attacks on Moscow, and U.S. officials have repeatedly said Ukraine has
agreed not to use any American-provided weapons for attacks on Russian soil.
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