Russian military to ‘drill’ enemy defenses with new gliding bomb

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Russian military to ‘drill’ enemy defenses with new gliding bomb

Published time: 8 Jan, 2018 15:17

Russia’s military is about to adopt a state-of-the-art aerial bomb, called ‘Drel’, or drill, which can be dropped by a bomber without entering an enemy’s airspace, due to the weapon’s ability to glide for dozens of kilometers.

The head of Russian munitions developer Techmash, Vladimir Lepin, described ‘Drel’ as a “gliding bomb cartridge with a caliber of 500 kilograms, equipment with self-targeting combat elements.”

The tests of the new bomb began in 2016 and continue in accordance with the program provided by Defense Ministry, which ordered the munition, Lepin told Interfax. ‘Drel’ is planned to be put in service by the Russian Airspace Forces after the successful conclusion of the trails in 2018, he added.

Earlier, Techmash said that their bomb is capable of gliding dozens of kilometers and hit armored vehicles, ground-based radars, command posts and power units of anti-aircraft missile systems with high precision. ‘Drel’ is a cluster ammunition, which ways weighs 540 kilograms and includes 15 self-targeting warheads.

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Drel aerial bomb

KUBINKA / Moscow Region /, 7 September. / TASS /. The Drel aerial bomb with a planning range of 30 km is developed in Russia, its state tests can be completed by the end of the year.

The general director of the NGO "Basalt" Vladimir Porkhachev told journalists about it.

"I hope that this year we will complete the state testing. There are no analogues in the world. A bomb without an engine. The distance from the carrier is 30 km. That is, the aircraft does not enter the zone of air defense defeat, resets the product, and it finds the goal itself. Navigation is carried out with the help of GLONASS. The name of her is "Drill", "Porkhachev said.

In turn, the general director of the concern "Techmash" Sergei Rusakov said that the testing of the ammunition will be completed in 2016.

About the Bomb "Drill"

The planning bomb cartridge PBK-500U SPBE-K "Drel" is designed for round-the-clock all-weather use without aircraft entering the zone of action of the fire facilities of object air defense and delivery to the target with high accuracy of self-targeting combat elements.

The ammunition ensures the destruction of armored vehicles, ground-based radars, control posts and power plants of anti-aircraft missile systems with thermal or radar guidance in conditions of natural and artificial interference.

The length of the Drill is 3100 mm, the diameter is 450 mm, the mass is 540 kg, the number of combat elements is 15 units, the maximum application height is 14 km, the range of application is 30 km. The ammunition is equipped with a GLONASS satellite-based guidance system, but other types of guidance systems may be installed. Translated by Google - Source: sdelanounas.ru