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Russia's New Deadly Glide Bomb Revealed

KHARKIV, UKRAINE, AUG 2 – Russia deployed the UMPB-5 glide bomb in Kharkiv with Su-34 aircraft dropping over 160 bombs daily in July, an eight-fold increase since spring 2023, officials said.

Summary by Newsweek
Ukraine has said Moscow is using a new glide bomb called the UMPB-5 as it seeks cheaper munitions that can change its air power.

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PoliticsRussia is testing a new steered glide bomb. The UMPB-5 is supposed to be precise and inexpensive – and has already been dropped to Ukrainian cities. Is there a threat of a new escalation from the air?

At low cost, they are glide bombs obtained by mundating modern systems on Soviet-era devices. Ukrainians need defense systems to prevent bombers from reaching so deep

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FDD's Long War Journal broke the news in on Friday, August 1, 2025.
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