Ukrainian troops have used precision-guided munitions to devastating effect against Russian forces. The US has been sending Ukraine M982 Excalibur shells, which have GPS guidance and a 25-mile range.

Ukraine's commander-in-chief posted a Facebook video showing the effects of the M982 Excalibur. Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhny praised the maximum accuracy of the precision-guided shells. The US has supplied ...

July 23, 2017: While the GPS guided Excalibur 155mm artillery shell revolutionized the use of artillery when it appeared in 2005, it is being displaced by a smaller, less capable but much cheaper ...

November 4, 2017: In late 2017 the U.S. Army ordered another 1,500 M982 GPS guided Excalibur 155mm artillery shells, to be delivered by 2019. These are expensive shells, costing over $60,000 each ...

The US halted deliveries of GPS-guided Excalibur shells to Ukraine due to high failure rates. Russia had achieved success in jamming of US-supplied weapons, reports said. Classified reports revealed ...

Raytheon's 155mm M982 Excalibur extended-range guided artillery shell is being shrunk down to fit into the Mark 45 five inch deck guns that are deployed aboard the Navy's Cruisers and Destroyers. This ...