The Defense Express website, citing anonymous sources, shows video of the powerful 1.5 ton bomb. This is the PAB-1500B glide bomb, first shown in Russia in 2019.
Ukrainian sources have posted more images of what we claim was recently used by the Russian Air Force, a UPAB-1500B (1,500 kg bomb), a weapon that was not used in wartime. pic.twitter.com/jJBzZgvFwz
— @GeopoliticaBR (@geopoliticabra) March 4, 2023
The device is designed to hit highly protected targets at a distance of up to 40 km with its 1,010 kg of high explosive. Measuring 5.05 meters in length and 40 cm in diameter, the bomb can be dropped at an altitude of up to 15 km. The bomb was used a few weeks ago in the Chernihiv region of northern Ukraine.
Source: IL Tempo
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