(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 05 - The Russians have used for the first time in Ukraine a new powerful guided bomb weighing 1.5 tons designed to hit highly protected targets at a distance of up to 40 km thanks to its 1,010 kg of high explosive : the Defense Express site reports it, which cites anonymous sources.
This is the PAB-1500B gliding bomb, shown for the first time in Russia in 2019. The device was used a few weeks ago in the Chernihiv region in northern Ukraine.
It is not known what the target was.
5.05 meters long with a diameter of 40cm, the bomb can be dropped at an altitude of up to 15km.
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