Friday, January 09, 2009

KAB

KAB-1500KR

Origin
Russia

Contractor/s
Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV)

Applications
Su-24
Su-30MK
Su-30MKI
Su-34
Su-35
Su-35UB

Family Members
KAB-1500L
KAB-500KR
KAB-500L
KAB-500OD

Description: The KAB-1500KR is a fire-and-forget 1,500 kg class precision-guided air bomb designed to be delivered by Su-24M, Su-30, Su-34 and Mig-29 fighter-bomber aircraft. Its main purpose is to defeat surface stationary/fixed hardened targets such as buried fortifications, port installations, military facilities, depots and reinforced shelters. The KAB-500KR-U training bomb was developed by the Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV) to provide training for the KAB-500KR, KAB-500OD and KAB-1500KR precision-guided bombs.

The KAB-1500KR guidance system consists of a TV sensor with terrain matching algorithms to correlate the target's location with a target's picture and put the bomb into the correct path to successfully achieve a direct hit. Its guidance system is suitable even against masked targets when there are enough target reference coordinates. The KAB-1500KR bomb is provided with a 1,170 kg high explosive warhead. It features a Circular Error Probable (CEP) of four to seven meters and can be dropped with the carrier aircraft flying at altitudes between 1,000 to 8,000 meters and airspeeds between 550 to 1,100 meters.

Specifications
Dimensions: Diameter 0.6 m, Length 4.6 m, Wingspan 0.9 m 1.3 meters unfolded

Weights: Explosive Weight 440 kg (970 lb), Warhead 1,170 kg (2,579 lb), Weight 1,525 kg (3,362 lb)

Performance: CEP 7 m (23 ft), Max Launch Airspeed 1,100 kph (684 mph), Max Launch Altitude 8,000 m (26,247 ft), Min Launch Airspeed 550 kph (342 mph), Min Launch Altitude 1,000 m (3,281 ft)

Operators

Russia

Internet Resources
eng.ktrv.ru

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

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