The BETAB-500 (russian: БетАБ-500) or the BETAB-500 Concrete-Piercing Bomb
is a
Soviet
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and
Russian bomb
A bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the Exothermic process, exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy. Detonations inflict damage principally through ground- and atmosphere-t ...
designed to penetrate and destroy
reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete (RC), also called reinforced cement concrete (RCC) and ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having hig ...
structures and to damage
runways. During the
Syrian civil war, the
Russian military has used it repeatedly. In 2016, apparently the first use of this bomb in an urban environment occurred in the Eastern part of the city of
Aleppo
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Specifications
Main characteristics
* Diameter:
* Length:
Weight
* bomb:
* explosive (TNT equivalent ):
Operational envelope
* release altitude:
* release speed:
References
External links
BETAB 500 at Global Security*
Aerial bombs of Russia
Cold War aerial bombs of the Soviet Union
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