FAB-9000

The FAB-9000 (Russian:ФАБ-9000) is a Soviet-made aerial bomb. FAB stands for Fugasnaya Aviazionnaja Bomba (explosive aerial bomb) and 9000 stands for the weight of the bomb. It's one of the heaviest bombs of the Soviet Air Forces and the Russian Aerospace Forces.[1]

FAB-9000
TypeAerial bomb
Place of originSoviet Union
Specifications
Mass9407 kg
Length5.05m
Diameter1200mm

FillingTNT
Filling weight4297 kg
Detonation
mechanism
Contact fuze, Delayed fuze

It was developed in the early 1950s, and further modified in the mid-50s. It was produced by the Soviet Union and Iraq, where it's designated NASR-9000.[2]

See also

References

  1. "FAB 9000 High Explosive Bomb". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  2. Duncan Lennox: Jane’s Air launched Weapon, Edition 1997. Jane’s Information Group, 1997, S. 308–309.
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