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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.

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.