Glide Bombs Adding To Russia’s Fires Advantage In Ukraine

Su-34s

Russia has equipped Su-34s with FAB-UMPK glide bomb kits, research from IISS suggests.

Credit: Aleksey Suvorov/Alamy Stock Photo
LONDON–The Russian Air Force’s use of glide bombs is adding to the country’s fires advantage as it attempts to make a breakthrough in the lines of Ukrainian defenders, researchers have said. Glide kits developed for Russian dumb bombs have been providing a standoff capability for Russian Air Force...

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