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In March 2024, photos of the wreckage of a previosly unseen Russian ordnance with the "UMPB" marking surfaced in Ukraine. Preliminary analysis of the wreckage told that UMPB is a type of air-launched weapon that has a FAB-250 bomb integrated into the guidance-and-glide kit, with inertial and satellite navigation systems, ailerons, and actuators at its aft end, with a jet engine and fuel tank ...
A Russian Su-34 bomber with a FAB-500 bomb. ... A Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber releases a FAB-3000 glide bomb in a video released by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The name of the bomb consists of the type of bomb (FAB-250M-46), its caliber in kilograms (FAB-250M-46), model by year of adoption (FAB-250M-46 - model 1946) and additionally (not always) an indication of its mass - if it differs significantly from the caliber (OFAB-250-270, FAB-1500-2600TS) and/or the design feature of the bomb or its production technology (FAB-500T - heat-resistant ...
A FAB-3000 glide bomb is seen mid-flight in this video released on July 14 by the Russian Ministry of Defense. ... An image shows what Russia says is a FAB-3000 glide bomb being loaded onto a Su ...
On 20 June 2024, Russia claimed that it used, for the first time, a FAB-3000 modified with a guidance wing kit near Lyptsi in Kharkiv Oblast. Russian media claimed that it was aimed at Ukrainian soldiers, Ukraine claimed that it narrowly missed a hospital. Russia announced that it was restarting production of the FAB-3000 in March 2024. [12]
The new weapons are Russia's response to setbacks in Ukraine—and a potentially troubling sign of things to come.
Fireball blast from the Russian "Father of All Bombs", with the beginnings of a mushroom cloud. The FOAB device allegedly yields the equivalent of 44 tons of TNT using about seven tons of a new type of high explosive. Because of this, the bomb's blast and pressure wave have a similar effect to a small tactical nuclear weapon. [4]
Glide bombs are old Soviet-era weapons that are fitted out with guidance systems and ... that Russia is seeking to mass produce the FAB-1500-M54 guided glide bomb and increase its use on the front ...