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War in Ukraine: the destructive hovering bombs of the Russian army
In Ukraine, Moscow’s troops use glide bombs, which cause considerable damage. Between 60 and 80 bombs of this type are dropped every day, according to the Russian army.
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In Ukraine, Moscow’s troops use glide bombs, which cause considerable damage. Between 60 and 80 bombs of this type are dropped every day, according to the Russian army.
Not a building seems to have been spared in Avdiivka (Ukraine). Many were disembowelled and pulverized, because to reconquer the city in February, the Russian army drew a formidable weapon: the gliding bomb. Between 60 and 80 of these 1,500 kilo bombs are dropped every day, according to the Russians. The bomb is not new. It dates from the 1950s. But the Russian army now attaches a modern guidance system and fins which allow it to glide without propulsion.
A new tool of Russian propaganda
The damage caused by these bombs is considerable, with craters 15 meters in diameter. These bombs have become Russia’s new propaganda tool. In images he broadcast on Thursday March 21, the Russian Defense Minister visits a newly renovated factory which has doubled its production of guided bombs, and which relaunched a model twice as large a month ago. Ukraine also has more precise glider bombs supplied by the United States, but in small quantities. Above all, the Ukrainians lack planes to drop them.
