Russia is not lacking firepower. Without good ISR even pin point accurate GPS guided shells is as good as grid square targetting.
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Not anti "himars", it is "HUGEmars"(巨馬斯)！
Sino-AMOS?
it isn't true.
GPS/INS shells are more effective in supression/against area targets/targets that can't be properly identified, either.
Simply because they allow to replace normal dispersion with a uniform one. Basically, flat grid.
That is true, but then you're comparing the cost of GPS shells against simple dumb shells, the Excalibur the US uses costs a whopping $68,000 vs $800 for regular 155mm. It will not be economical even if it is more efficient.
PGK kits have potential to go to within several times of a shell cost. Or maybe lower - mechanically they're simple and mass-producable enough.
Strictly speaking, they're even now less expensive than, say, first modern explosive shells with mechanical fuze were compared to ball munition.
It's a matter of production numbers, ultimately.