FAB-9000
Sign in to saveThe 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.
Key facts
- Weapon.filling
- TNT
- Weapon.name
- FAB-9000ФАБ-9000
- Weapon.image
- Image:Museum of Long-Range Aviation (340-28).jpg
- Weapon.caption
- FAB-9000 at Ryazan Museum of Long-Range Aviation
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Aerial bomb
- Weapon.is_explosive
- Yes
- Weapon.length
- 5.05m
- Weapon.detonation
- Contact fuze, Delayed fuze
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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.
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 bomb.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “FAB-9000” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.