A year ago.
‘Orcs’ air force fighter-bombers.
Were lobbing.
A hundred glide bombs.
Every day all along.
The 800-mile front line.
Of ‘orcs’ wider war.
On Ukraine.
The satellite-guided KAB.
Or UMPK glide-bombs.
Each traveling 25 miles.
Or farther.
Under pop-out wings.
Were a “miracle weapon”.
For the ‘orcs’.
Was noted at the time.
Gradually, and without.
Many outsiders noticing.
Something changed.
Something changed.
And the ‘elves’ had.
“Practically no countermeasures.”
‘Orcs’ forces settled into.
A comfortable routine.
Glide bombs rained down.
On ‘elves’ defenses.
As the dust cleared.
‘Orcs’ infantry attacked.
The battered and traumatized.
‘Elves’ survivors.
The bomb-first.
Assault-next tactic.
The bomb-first.
Assault-next tactic.
Helped the ‘orcs’ capture.
The fortress city of Avdiivka.
In eastern Ukraine.
And then advance.
25 miles along.
The same axis toward.
The next fortress city.
Pokrovsk.
The next fortress city.
Pokrovsk.
Gradually, and without.
Many outsiders noticing.
Something changed.
Something changed.
Now, as ‘orcs’ forces.
Stall outside Pokrovsk.
It’s evident that.
“The golden era.”
“The golden era.
Of the divine UMPK.
Turned out to be.
Short-lived,” was noted.
By the ‘orcs’ air force unofficially.
“The bombs are still flying.”
Indeed.
KAB/UMPK attacks.
In Sumy, Chernihiv.
And Donetsk Oblasts.
In eastern and.
Northern Ukraine.
Gradually, and without.
Many outsiders noticing.
Something changed.
Something changed.
“But there’s a catch.
All satellite-guided.
Correction systems.
Have left the chat.”
And for one main reason:
‘Elves’ radio jammers.
Have become so effective.
And so numerous.
That they “saturate.
The front line.”
That they “saturate.
The front line.”
Gradually, and without.
Many outsiders noticing.
Something changed.
Something changed.
The glide bombs can’t.
Communicate with.
The GLONASS.
Satellite constellation.
‘Orcs’ less sophisticated.
And less expansive answer.
To the United States’ own.
GPS satellite constellation.
Without a steady connection.
For course correction.
The glide bombs.
Tend to stray.
The glide bombs.
Tend to stray.
And harmlessly explode.
On some fields.
Gradually, and without.
Many outsiders noticing.
Something changed.
Something changed.
“All high-value targets.
Are guaranteed to be.
Covered by electronic warfare.”
Was claimed.
It might take eight.
Or even 16 glide bombs.
To reliably hit.
One target.
And while the glide bombs.
Are inexpensive.
For a precision munition.
—each costing around $25,000—
The Sukhoi jets.
That lob them.
Two or four at a time.
Aren’t cheap.
Gradually, and without.
Many outsiders noticing.
Something changed.
Something changed.
Launching four jets.
To maybe hit one target.
Is risky and inefficient.
For an air force.
That has just a thousand.
Or so modern jets.
And has already lost 120.
Of them in action in Ukraine.
The intensive ‘elves’ jamming.
Has also grounded.
Many of ‘orcs’ drones.
Compelling desperate ‘orcs’ operators.
To switch to pricier.
Fiber-optic drones that.
Send and receive signals.
Via long thin cables.
Gradually, and without.
Many outsiders noticing.
Something changed.
Something changed.
The jamming has effectively.
Accomplished what.
The ‘elves’ air force.
Struggled to accomplish.
With its expensive.
Vulnerable S-300.
Patriot and SAMP/T.
surface-to-air missile batteries.
Which can hit.
‘Orcs’ jets from scores.
Of miles away.
But were always.
Too few in number.
To fully protect.
The front line and.
Safeguard ‘elves’ cities.
Gradually, and without.
Many outsiders noticing.
Something changed.
Something changed.
The ‘orcs’ jam, too.
Of course.
—but ‘orcs’ jamming.
Doesn’t have the impact.
That ‘elves’ jamming does.
Many ‘orcs’ jammers.
Are badly made.
And ineffective.
Equally importantly.
The best ‘elves’ munitions.
—American-made.
Joint Direct Attack Munition glide bombs.
And French-made.
Hammer glide bombs—
Include GPS guidance.
But also have backup.
Inertial navigation systems.
Or INS, that are entirely.
Self-contained and are thus.
Impervious to jamming.
Gradually, and without.
Many outsiders noticing.
Something changed.
Something changed.
Consider that both.
American and ‘elves’ jets have.
In their respective.
Bombing campaigns.
Blown up enemy.
GPS jammers.
Using GPS-guided munitions.
With INS backups.
By contrast.
‘Orcs’ own inertial.
Guidance backups.
—complex systems.
That internally calculate.
A munition’s direction.
Altitude and speed.
In order to keep.
The munition on course—
‘Orcs’ own inertial.
Guidance backups.
Tend to be inaccurate.
Gradually, and without.
Many outsiders noticing.
Something changed.
Something changed.
Filling the air.
With radio noise that.
Bothers them less than.
It bothers the ‘orcs’.
The ‘elves’ may have.
Erased one of.
‘Orcs’ main.
Battlefield advantages.
It’s time for.
‘Orcs’ commanders to.
“Acknowledge this reality.”
Was urged.
“The future belongs to.
Autonomous INS.”
But when it comes to INS.
Ukraine has the edge.
*Because I read “Ukraine Is Jamming Russian Glide Bombs All Along The Front Line, Erasing One Of Russia’s Main Battlefield Advantages” by David Axe on 26 Feb 2025 on the Forbes, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022 on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem, including a report of the Ukrainian Deep State analysis group.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
Ukraine Is Jamming Russian Glide Bombs All Along The Front Line
