TheKAB-500Lis alaser-guided bombdeveloped by theSoviet Air Force,entering service in 1975.[1]It remains in service with theCISand post-Soviet Russian Aerospace Forces.
The KAB-500L is a standardFAB-500general-purpose bomb,which has a nominal weight of 500 kg (1,100 lb), fitted with asemi-active laser seekerand 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). Itswarheadmakes up 450 kg (990 lb) of the total weight, of which roughly 50% is blast-effect high explosive. Russian sources credit it with aCEPof 7 metres (23 feet). The technology of the KAB-500L is also used for larger bombs, such as theKAB-1500Lfamily.[2]
It is also deployed by theIndian Air Force.The primary launch platform isSu-30MKI.This bomb is also used byRoyal Malaysian Air Forceon itsSukhoi Su-30MKM.
KAB-500S-E
editKAB-500S-E[3]is aPrecision-Guided Munition(PGM) whose guidance system is based onGLONASS.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. TheCEPis 7–12 metres. These bombs were used for the first time in theRussian military intervention in the Syrian Civil Warin September 2015.
References
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- ^"KAB-500S-E".deagel.