War in Ukraine – Russia began to use improved KAB – UNIAN
This is how the Russians manage to circumvent the threat from the Ukrainian air defense system.
Russia has stepped up its use of an improved glide bomb, which has its own engine and can be launched from a much greater distance. The Telegraph writes about this.
The publication notes that Russia has been using gliding bombs for a long time, but still planes have to fly to a potentially dangerous distance from the front. To reduce these risks, the Russians created a modified Grom-E1 bomb with a total weight of about 600 kg, equipped with a rocket engine. Thanks to this, the bomb can fly up to 120 km after it is dropped from an airplane.
“[Бомбардировщик] Su, which drops Grom-E1 at maximum range [полета] ammunition must remain out of reach of everyone except…
