The most effective weapons in the world are seldom the most powerful solutions or the most technologically advanced devices; instead, it is often the armament system that can be produced affordably and reliably, which can change the fate of a war.Under such a perspective, the United States, Saab, and Boeing recently joined forces in an unprecedented operation to unite two of their most efficient, time-proven, and affordable weapon systems and merge them into something capable of shaping the future of modern warfare.The idea is to take the raw power, precision, and compact size of the GBU-39B air-to-ground missile and the reliability and mobility of the HIMARS missile launcher platform to create a formidable new ground artillery solution whose parts are already in mass production.The missile has been part of the US Air Force arsenal for almost two decades, while the HIMARS redefined the concept of mobility and efficiency in ground artillery armament. By combining the two, the weapon manufacturing collective promises to bring affordable and reliable new solutions to the world’s most brutal conflicts. The weapon is now being rushed to the Ukrainian battlefront, where it will be tested in combat for the first time while boldly taking massive aerial firepower to the ground…