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Photos and video footage providing a clear look at Russia’s latest precision-guided small diameter gliding munition, the UMPB D-30SN, have surfaced online.
The UMPB, translated from Russian УМПБ [Универсальный Межвидовой Планирующий Боеприпас], stands for “Universal Interspecific Glide Munition”. The munition is very similar to the United States’ GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB).
Photos posted to social networks on May 23 showed several D-30SN munitions loaded under the wing of a Su-34 fighter bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
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A video that surfaced online later on the same day showed a Su-34 dropping at least four D-30SN munitions over the special military operation zone in Ukraine.
The existence of the D-30SN was first revealed in March, when Ukraine media shared photos showing the wreckage of one such munition.
The D-30SN has a diameter of 300 mm and is armed with a warhead weighing some 100 kg. It is guided by a GLONASS-aided inertial navigation system. The munition was reportedly designed to be dropped from warplanes or launched from the ground with the assistance of a rocket motor from the Tornado-S 300 mm multiple launch system.
The exact range of the D-30SN is unknown. However, taking into account the characteristics of the munition, it is safe to assume that it has a range of well over 100 kilometers when launched from air or the ground.
Small diameter gliding munitions like the D-30SN have a small radar cross-section and minimal infrared print, which makes them extremely difficult to detect and intercept.
Earlier this year, Ukraine received the ground-launched version of the American-made SDB. However, Russian electronic warfare rendered the system useless, according to recent reports by Western media. On the other side, Russian media reported that the tests of the D-30SN were going successfully. Nevertheless, it is still unclear if the munition has officially entered service with the Russian military.
The fast development of the D-30SN highlights the growing capabilities of the Russian military industrial complex and its ability to adapt to the emerging needs of the Russian military.
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well, then the things are successfully used against the jens holm ukrozzz nato henchmen. 🤡 🐔🐔🐔
ukraine isn’t scared of your little bombs, you filthy orc bastads…heheheh
oink oink. dont you have grandma to sell for hryvnia on ebay?
i hope the war ends in ukraine’s favor so all the ukrainians can go leave the us and eu. otherwise it’ ll be like when liberia was created and no africans wanted to leave the us and we’re stuck with them.
stfo fat lazy ass and send more money to elensky you loser
my brain very small shriveled like amerikan
i am 0 id –my peniz smaller diameter than tranny clit
small diameter bombs means a small diameter. gbu-39 has a diameter of 190mm and spear has a diameter of 180mm. they also have special pylons that makes an aircraft carry a lot of them, like the small jas-39e can carry 16 gbu-39/spear at once while also carrying 2 irst at the same time.
i made a typo it’s 2 iris-t not irst.
the russians need bigger bombs not smaller bombs.