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ZALA KUB-BLA

The ZALA KUB-BLA is a Russian catapult-launched loitering munition designed to attack fixed coordinates, with an expanding family of longer-range and electro-optically guided derivatives.

ZALA KUB-BLA
FIG.01 · Russia Image - A KUB-E loitering munition, the export ZALA KUB-BLA, at IDEX 2023. Photo by Mztourist, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
A Russian catapult-launched loitering munition designed to attack fixed coordinates, with later KUB-2 and KUB-10 derivatives adding electro-optical guidance, larger warheads and greater range.

Overview

The ZALA KUB-BLA is a small, electrically powered loitering munition developed by ZALA Aero Group, a Kalashnikov Concern subsidiary within Russia's Rostec state-industrial group. Also called KUB-UAV or KYB, and marketed for export as KUB-E, the original model combines a delta-wing airframe, catapult launch and an approximately 3 kg payload. It is intended to approach a designated target area under satellite navigation and finish its attack in a steep dive.

KUB-BLA preceded the larger and more extensively documented ZALA Lancet family. The original KUB is principally a coordinates-driven weapon without a confirmed onboard electro-optical camera, making it dependent on external reconnaissance and target-location data. Later members of the family address that limitation: KUB-2 and KUB-10 derivatives incorporate electro-optical guidance, substantially larger warheads and, in the KUB-10ME's case, a manufacturer-claimed range exceeding 100 km.

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