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Russian company Tactical Missiles Co. develops KAB-100 small-caliber smart bomb.
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World Defense & Security Industry News - Tactical Missiles Corp.
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The Russian defense contractor Region (a subsidiary of Tactical Missiles Corp. (KTRV)) is developing a smaller-caliber KAB-100 smart bomb, Region Director General Igor Krylov told TASS at the Russian defense Ministry Innovation Day 2016 show.
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 Tactical Missiles Co. is working on a smaller variant of its KAB-250 smart bomb(Credit: Vitaly Kuzmin) |
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"In line with the global tendency, we are transitioning from large-caliber weapons to smaller-caliber ones," Krylov said. "This year, we are to complete the official tests of the KAB-250 smart bomb and carry on with the development of the KAB-100."
Region’s director general explained that "there are very effective hardware now, which is quite enough to do the job previously done by large-caliber weapons." Earlier, Krylov told TASS that Region had developed the KAB-250 in response to the US development of the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) designed to equip the USAF F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighters. The KAB-250 is a 250 kg (550 pound) smart bomb. Not a kit to be added to a dumb bomb, the KAB-250 is a compact, 255mm (10 inch) diameter, 3.2 meter (9.9 foot) long TV guided bomb. It is compact enough for internal bomb bays increasingly found in fighter-bombers (to increase stealthiness) or for allowing more bombs to be carried suspended under the wings. The KAB-250 is following the lead of the U.S. Air Force Small Diameter Bomb (SDB, also known as the GBU-39/B). |
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