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As of May 2023, UMPK-equipped FAB-500 glide bombs have continued to be used by Russia in Ukraine, with up to 20 of them being dropped every day, and Ukrainian air defences lack the capability to intercept them. [12] [16] The full-scale training of Russian pilots on using the bombs reportedly started in November 2023. [17]
Two configurations: (Orion-E) (Capable of carrying up to 230 kg of armament consisting of one OFAB-100 or four FAB-50 dumb bombs, or four UFAB-50 glide bombs, or six KAB-20, three KAB-50 or six Aviaavtomatika PGMs, or two Kh-50 AGMs, or two Kh-BPLA or 9K121 Vikhr ATGMs, or Aviaavtomatika cargo containers or one fire retardant dispersion bomb).
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 ...
Russia is intensifying glide bomb attacks on Ukrainian defenses. It is adapting old Soviet bombs into powerful new weapons. Russia is making their use a "priority", a Ukrainian official said.
Russia has increasingly fired glide bombs at Ukrainian territory in its invasion of the country. The bombs are equipped with guidance systems that allow them to be launched from jets at a distance.
Russia dropped more than 900 glide bombs on Ukraine in just a single week at the end of October and early November, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at the time. Russia also continues ...
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 ...
Ukraine has carried out a number of strikes over the past few months targeting airfields in Russia where fighter-bombers and glide bombs are kept, including the most recent attack at Marynivka ...