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 ...
Excalibur 1b may not enter service for the same reason the 1970s Copperhead laser guided 155mm shell failed to gain widespread acceptance. Copperhead worked but it was too expensive (ten times more ...
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 ...
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 ...