The UPAB-1500BE super bomb marks the first time Ukraine has been attacked by a new one 1500 kg glide bomb: According to anonymous sources quoted by Defense Express, a Ukrainian website specializing in the military industrial sector, it is the horrific glide bomb UPAB-1500Bwhich Russia first showed four years ago at the MAKS industry exhibition of the Gnpp region.
As reported by SkyTg24, the aerospace department of the Russian Federation, had tested the bomb and placed the first orders. According to Defense Express, The first attack with the UPAB-1500B bomb occurred just a few days ago in the Chernihiv region, in northern Ukraine, where the wreck believed to correspond to this model would have been found. The target that was hit was not disclosed.
But let’s see what the super bomb UPAB-1500B is. It counts as one High threat bombbecause of the wings and the inertial and satellite navigation system that allows launches up to 40 km from the target, reaches a height of 14 km. It features a Warhead weighing 1010 kg, designed to hit heavily protected targets. Be Bomb with a long-haul flight, the probability that it could be intercepted is very high. Moreover, it is not excluded that the Su-34 bomber shot down on March 4, 2023 in the Yenakievo area carried exactly this type of bomb during the war in Ukraine.