Russian guided cluster glide bomb
The PBK-500U Drel (Russian: Дрель, lit. "drill") is an inertial and GLONASS-guided cluster glide bomb developed by the Russian Federation, designed to destroy enemy armored vehicles and buildings. Drel is equipped with friend or foe identification system and electronic countermeasures making it resistant to jamming and radar detection and is being introduced to the Russian military in 2024.[1][2][3][4][5] Bazalt considers equipping Drel with a pulsejet engine to increase its range.
Parameters
- Altitude: 14 km
- Range: 30–50 km
- Weight: 540 kg
Munitions
- 15 self-targeting anti-tank SPBE-K submunitions with a twin-band (3–5 μm and 8–14 μm) infrared seeker and a millimetre-wavelength radar seeker with an identification of friend-or-foe (IFF) system
- Other types of munitions are under development
Operators
Russia
See also
References
- ^ "Janes | Latest defence and security news". Janes.com.
- ^ "Ancile". www.deagel.com.
- ^ Kerr, Chloe (January 8, 2018). "Russia to unleash new UNDETECTABLE stealth bomb designed to GLIDE across enemy airspace". Express.co.uk.
- ^ Karnozov, Vladimir. "Russian bomb builder shows off its target smarts". Aviation International News.
- ^ Epstein, Jake (2024-01-10). "Russian glide bombs have been a huge headache for Ukraine, and Moscow says it's making new ones". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
