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The PBK-500U Drel (Russian: Дрель, lit. "drill") is an inertial and GLONASS-guided cluster glide bomb developed by the Russian Federation, designed to destroy enemy armored vehicles and buildings.
Russia is carrying out fewer glide-bomb attacks on Ukraine compared to a few months ago, but the highly destructive weapons are still a severe threat to soldiers and civilians.
The VKS also fields several purpose-designed glide bombs, including the massive 3,306-lb satellite-guided KAB-1500S-E glide bomb with an effective range of 31 miles, and the smaller UPAB-500B ...
Glide bombs are old Soviet-era weapons that are fitted out with guidance systems and wings, enabling them to be launched at long distances.
The H-4 may be a copy or a Pakistani variant of the Denel Raptor II glide bomb. [8] [9] [10] HOPE/HOSBO are a family of glide bombs under development by German defence firm Diehl Defence. NPO Bazalt subsidiary of Russian company Techmash is developing a glide cluster bomb PBK-500U Drel. [11] UMPB D-30SN is a Russian glide bomb introduced in ...
27 April: Ukraine launched a drone wave attack in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, starting fires at the Ilsky and Slavyansk-on-Kuban oil refineries. The Kushchyovskaya airbase was also attacked. A number of KAB glide bomb kits were reportedly destroyed along with possibly one Su-34.
Russia is firing 1.5x more shells than Ukraine, Western officials said, down from 10x earlier this year. While its artillery advantage is shrinking, glide bombs are compensating, officials told ...
Regional head Oleh Syniehubov said the boy was fatally injured when the building was hit by a Russian 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) glide bomb. “He was freed from under the rubble with severe head injuries and fractures," Syniehubov wrote on social media. "Doctors performed resuscitation measures for more than half an hour.