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Hence the bigger bomb, with up to 1,500 pounds of explosives. To be clear, Russia already had a 3,300-pound glide-bomb: the older UPAB-1500 with built-in wings. But the UPAB-1500 is expensive.
The US Air Force says the GBU-57 bunker-buster bomb can penetrate up to 200 feet below ground before exploding.
Deployed since June 2000, the 1,500 pounds 172 inches long SLAM-ERs can be launched and controlled by F-18 and P-3 aircraft. ... The GBU 24 warhead is a 2,000 pound bomb penetrating warhead, ...
Video appears to capture the first use of Russia's monstrous 6,600-pound glide bomb in Ukraine and the immense destruction it causes. ... like the 1,100-pound FAB-500 and 3,300-pound FAB-1500.
The new FAB-1500 bombs put "a lot of pressure on soldiers' morale," a Ukrainian soldier fighting in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region told CNN. "Not all of our guys can withstand it.
The B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb, for example, can be set to explode with the power of 300 tons, 1,500 tons, 10,000 tons, ... a 250-lb. bomb whose explosive yield pilots can adjust from the cockpit.
A 6,600-pound glide bomb explodes. Via Fighterbomber. ... “the power of the FAB-3000 is only slightly greater than the power of the FAB-1500,” Fighterbomber explained.