The KAB-1500S-E (Russian: КАБ-1500С-Э) is a precision guided bomb, part of KAB-1500 family, designed for the Russian Aerospace Forces to carry out precision attacks, using 24-channel GLONASS and is equivalent to the United States Air Force (USAF) Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) family of Global Positioning System (GPS) guided weapons.[1]
KAB-1500S-E | |
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![]() Guided gliding bomb UPAB-1500B-E at MAKS-2021 airshow | |
Type | GLONASS aided gliding guided bomb |
Place of origin | Russian Federation |
Service history | |
In service | 2019 |
Used by | Russian Aerospace Forces |
Wars | Russian invasion of Ukraine |
Production history | |
Designed | 2000s |
Manufacturer | Tactical Missiles Corporation |
Produced | 2019 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1500kg |
Warhead weight | 1000kg |
Operational range | 50 km |
![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/UPAB_1500KR.jpg/220px-UPAB_1500KR.jpg)
![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/UPAB1500B.jpg/220px-UPAB1500B.jpg)
It is believed to be similar to the KAB-500S-E, and to use the same Kompas PSN-2001 (Pribor Sputnikovoy Navigatsii) satellite receiver.[1][2] The manufacturer, Tactical Missiles Corporation aka KTRV, has fully completed testing of products of the K08B and K029B (UPAB-1500B) types, both products are in serial production and are delivered to combat units.[3]
Russia intends to fit it to the Su-24M, Su-34, Su-35 and Mig-35 aircraft.[1] They hope to export to India and China.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "KAB-500S-E". www.deagel.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ Kopp, Carlo (April 2012), "Soviet/Russian Guided Bombs", Air Power Australia, p. 1, Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0806
- ^ "Какие разработки корпорации «Тактическое ракетное вооружение» скрывает фюзеляж Су-57 | Еженедельник «Военно-промышленный курьер"".