KAB-1500L is a Russian
precision guided weapon
A precision-guided munition (PGM, smart weapon, smart munition, smart bomb) is a guided munition intended to precisely hit a specific target, to minimize collateral damage and increase lethality against intended targets. During the First Gulf ...
, part of
KAB-1500 family, a
laser guided bomb and also the current production standard for use on
4+ and
4++ generation fighter jets, like the
Sukhoi Su-30MKI
The Sukhoi Su-30MKI (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H) is a twinjet multirole air superiority fighter developed by Russia's Sukhoi and built under licence by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF). A varia ...
/
Sukhoi Su-30MKK
The Sukhoi Su-30MKK (NATO reporting name: Flanker-G)MKK stands for Russian ''Mnogofunktzionniy Kommercheskiy Kitayski'' (Cyrillic: Многофунктзионний Коммерческий Китайски), "Multifunctional Commercial for C ...
,
Sukhoi Su-34 and
Sukhoi Su-35. It is claimed to be the Russian equivalent to USA's
Paveway II/
Paveway III Although it's a much larger device at 6x the size as the paveway is 500lbs so it's a closer match to the
KAB-500L
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 Air Force.
The KAB-500L is a standard FAB-500 general-purpose bomb, which has a nomin ...
that uses similar guidance technology and is designed to hit railway, ammunition depots, railway terminals, highway bridges, military and industrial facilities, ships and transport vessels. The KAB-1500LG-F-E has an
impact fuze which includes 3 different delay modes for target attack and it can also be mounted on older aircraft, like the
Sukhoi Su-24 and the
Mikoyan MiG-27
The Mikoyan MiG-27 (russian: Микоян МиГ-27; NATO reporting name: Flogger-D/J) is a variable-sweep ground-attack aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union and later licence-produced in India ...
.
The bomb has been used in the Russian military campaigns in
Chechnya and
Syria.
See also
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KAB-1500S-E
References
External links
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