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The KAB-500L is a laser-guided bomb developed by the Soviet Air Force , entering service in 1975. It remains in service with the CIS and post-Soviet Russian Aerospace Forces.

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7-403: The KAB-500L is a standard FAB-500 general-purpose bomb , which has a nominal weight of 500 kg (1,100 lb), fitted with a semi-active laser seeker and guidance fins, turning it into an unpowered guided bomb. The KAB-500L is 3.05 m (10.0 ft) long and weighs 525 kg (1,157 lb). Its warhead makes up 450 kg (990 lb) of the total weight, of which roughly 50%

14-520: A high-explosive warhead , primarily used by the Russian Aerospace Forces , former Soviet republics and customer countries. The original M-54 model was rolled out in 1954, shaped for internal carriage by heavy bombers, a low-drag M-62 version in 1962 was intended for fighter bomber external hardpoint carriage. Early models were unguided , with a single nose fuze, and compatible with most models of Soviet aircraft . The latest variants of

21-598: Is based on GLONASS . The weapon can be dropped from aircraft flying at an altitude from 500 metres to 5000 metres and with an airspeed of 500–1150 km/h. The CEP is 7–12 metres. These bombs were used for the first time in the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War in September 2015. FAB-500 The FAB-500 is a Soviet -designed 500-kilogram (1,100 lb) general purpose air-dropped bomb with

28-595: Is blast-effect high explosive. Russian sources credit it with a CEP of 7 metres (23 feet). The technology of the KAB-500L is also used for larger bombs, such as the KAB-1500L family. It is also deployed by the Indian Air Force . The primary launch platform is Su-30MKI . This bomb is also used by Royal Malaysian Air Force on its Sukhoi Su-30MKM . KAB-500S-E is a Precision-Guided Munition (PGM) whose guidance system

35-484: The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . On 13 March 2022 and 14 May 2022, FAB-500 bombs were found in Ukrainian cities of Chernihiv and Odesa . In March 2023, Russian Su-35s launched a number of FAB-500 M-62, wreckage of which indicated that they had been fitted with an UMPK , a glide kit involving pop-out wings. It is unknown whether these had an internal navigation system, or were fitted with wings simply to extend

42-524: The FAB-500 bomb use the UMPK , a winged system developed after 2022 Ukraine war, for precision satellite guidance and increased stand-off distance. The FAB-500 was widely employed over Afghanistan by Soviet and allied Afghan forces in the 1980s and saw use during the 2011-2019 Syrian civil war , where it was carried by both Russian and Syrian warplanes. The M62 variant has been used by Russian military forces in

49-502: The range to up to 70 km. It also is believed that these give Russian aircraft a stand-off ability to hit Ukrainian targets without risking exposure to Ukrainian air defences. 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. The full-scale training of Russian pilots on using

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