From F-16s to New Glide Bombs: Ukraine Expands Its Air Arsenal Despite Russian Skepticism

Ukraine has announced yet another "superweapon" — a domestically developed glide bomb. Russia has been successfully using this type of weapon for a long time. Now Ukraine has one as well. However, Russian military analysts have largely greeted the news with considerable skepticism. Could the reason lie in the bomb’s small size? Let us start with the bomb itself. Ukrainian military marketers have given it the name "Equalizer," apparently aiming for originality, a sense of black humor and a hint at its destructive power. Yet the super-powerful performance they promise does not quite fit the bomb’s modest dimensions, or rather its weight.