Read previewRussia's thwarting of precision weapons provided to Ukraine by the West shows there are still use cases for unguided artillery in technologically advanced warfare, a Finnish general told The Wall Street Journal. Both Ukraine and Russia have engaged in electronic warfare. Lt. Gen. Esa Pulkkinen, the permanent secretary of Finland's defense ministry, told The Journal that electronic warfare has shown that there are still uses for less-advanced, unguided artillery shells. AdvertisementAccording to The New York Times, precision-guided weapons have been a large point of focus for the US's broader defense strategy, but in Ukraine, the war is largely fought with unguided artillery. As a result, the US and others in the West have ramped up production of unguided artillery shells.

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