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Mon May 18, 2026, 06:07 PM Yesterday

Ukraine's First Precision Guided Bomb Built Entirely in Country, Now Combat-Ready, Defense Minister Says [View all]

Source: Kyiv Post

Ukraine has developed its first domestically produced guided aerial bomb, which is now ready for combat use, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on Monday, May 18.

Fedorov said the bomb was created by a participant in Ukraine’s Brave1 defense technology platform and has already passed the necessary preliminary tests.

“The first Ukrainian guided aerial bomb is ready for combat use,” Fedorov said, adding that Ukraine continues to develop “high-tech solutions for the front.”

Fedorov, who previously served as Ukraine’s digital transformation minister and championed the Brave1 cluster, said the bomb’s development took 17 months. He said the weapon features a “unique design” tailored to the realities of modern warfare and is not a copy of Western or Soviet systems.

Read more: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/76364



Ukrainian engineering, which kept the Soviet Union moving forward technologically and one of the reasons Putin wants Ukraine, is in overdrive. Russia will not be able to compete with Ukrainian advances. Every new military technology brings Ukraine closer to victory and Putin knows it.

Slava Ukraini!! Heroyam Slava!!
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