The Defense Express website, citing anonymous sources, shows video of the powerful 1.5-ton bomb. This is the PAB-1500B glide bomb, first shown in Russia in 2019.
Ukrainian sources have posted more footage of what they claim is the Russian air force recently using the UPAB-1500B (1,500 kg glide bomb), a weapon they have not used so far in the war. pic.twitter.com/jJBzZgvFwz
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The device was designed to hit highly protected targets at a distance of up to 40km with its 1,010kg of high explosive. 5.05 meters long with a diameter of 40cm, the bomb can be dropped at an altitude of up to 15km. The bomb was used a few weeks ago in the Chernihiv region in northern Ukraine.