Images of the use by Russian units of the UPAB-1500B guided hover bomb, which weighs about 1500 kg, have reached social networks. The ammunition was used in the area of the Avdiivka coke and chemical plant to destroy the weapons depots of the armed forces.
Sources say the strike took place on buried bunkers that the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces used to store shells. The Russian Armed Forces also used the latest Thunder-1 ammunition.
It is possible that the planning bombs were used by Russian forces in response to the use of the JDAM “smart bomb” by Ukrainian militants near Artemovsk (Bakhmut) (Bakhmut).
For the first time, the UPAB-1500B was presented at the Moscow Aviation and Space Salon MAKS in 2019. The munition is designed to destroy land and underwater targets when flying along of a planning trajectory. The bomb is directed to the object of attack using a satellite inertial guidance system. The total mass of the UPAB is 1525 kg, the mass of the warhead is 1010 kg. The height of the projectile reaches 15 km, the range of use is up to 50 km. In this case, the probable circular deviation does not exceed 10 meters.
Earlier, a number of war correspondents suggested that as a result of the successful actions of Russian units, the formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Avdiivka could be surrounded.
Photos used: Rosoboronexport
