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2015-10-19 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

'Drop-and-Forget': Russia Develops Supersonic KAB-250 'Smart Bomb'.

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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-10-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Two to three kilometers from the target the bomb's onboard computer commands the thermal homing head to acquire the designated target.

So you counter it with a sheet of reflective mylar cut into odd shapes?

Posted by Sven the pelter 2015-10-19 00:27|| 2015-10-19 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 The much smaller cousin of the earth-shattering KAB-000M model.

Posted by SteveS 2015-10-19 00:53|| 2015-10-19 00:53|| Front Page Top

#3 sounds like a copy of the JDAM and the L-JDAM. Should be interesting to compare the two systems. Bet there are a lot of very busy technical intel guys at the pentagon right now.

Posted by Nguard 2015-10-19 01:14|| 2015-10-19 01:14|| Front Page Top

#4 I assume they use thermal imaging cos GPS is a no-no for them.

Posted by phil_b 2015-10-19 06:15|| 2015-10-19 06:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Considering the Americans have been doing this since Vietnam... welcome to the late 20th century guys!

Posted by DarthVader 2015-10-19 08:47|| 2015-10-19 08:47|| Front Page Top

#6 #4 I assume they use thermal imaging cos GPS is a no-no for them.

GLONASS?

Posted by SteveS 2015-10-19 09:45|| 2015-10-19 09:45|| Front Page Top

#7 GLONASS-K is the upgraded Russian GPS. It was in a pretty dilapidated state until 2011 when the constellation was completed. (2010 would have been the date but a rocket blew up putting GPS satellites in orbit)

GLONASS-K doesn't have full world wide coverage like the US, but all of Russia, EU and the Middle East are covered. It is definitely good enough to drop bombs fairly accurately with.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-10-19 10:28|| 2015-10-19 10:28|| Front Page Top

#8 Looks to me like the LGE model is just the metric version - same weight, warhead, length and explosive.

Ya get more bang for the buck if you can count 'em twice.

Posted by Bobby 2015-10-19 13:12|| 2015-10-19 13:12|| Front Page Top

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