FAB-9000

FAB-9000
FAB-9000 at Ryazan Museum of Long-Range Aviation
TypeAerial bomb
Place of originSoviet Union
Specifications
Mass9,407 kg (20,739 lb)
Length5.05m
Diameter1,200 mm (47 in)
FillingTNT
Filling weight4,297 kg (9,473 lb)
Detonation
mechanism
Contact fuze, Delayed fuze

The FAB-9000 (Russian: ФАБ-9000) is a Soviet-made aerial bomb. FAB stands for Fugasnaya Aviatsionnaya Bomba ("high-explosive aerial bomb") and 9000 stands for the weight of the bomb in kilograms. It is one of the heaviest bombs of the Soviet Air Forces and the Russian Aerospace Forces.[1][better source needed]

It was developed in the early 1950s, and further modified later in the decade. It was produced by the Soviet Union and Iraq, where it is 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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