FAB UMPK

Russia's cheap, mass-produced glide-bomb conversion kit — turned Soviet-era free-fall bombs into standoff weapons and became the defining Russian strike capability of the war in Ukraine.

Overview

The UMPK (УМПК — Unifitsirovannyi Modul Planirovaniya i Korrektsii, “Unified Gliding and Correction Module”) is an add-on wing and guidance kit that transforms thousands of Soviet-era unguided bombs into satellite-guided standoff glide bombs. First fielded in early 2023, it enabled Russian tactical aircraft to strike fixed ground targets from outside the reach of most Ukrainian short- and medium-range air defences, at a fraction of the cost of a cruise missile. The kit has been fitted to FAB-250, FAB-500, FAB-1500, FAB-3000, ODAB thermobaric and RBK-500 cluster bombs, spawning a family that now includes extended-range and jet-powered derivatives.

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