The new Grom-1 bomb-rocket was shot down by air defense forces during explosions in Dnepr today, June 28.
The head of the Dnepropetrovsk regional military administration, Sergei Lysak, reported on the elimination of the Grom-E1 aerial bomb in the vicinity of the city.
By the way, 20 minutes before the statement by the head of the OVA, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the occupiers released an air target from a tactical aircraft in the airspace of the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhia region.
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The target flew more than 100 km and was shot down by air defense outside the Dnieper.
The type of aerial target, the Ukrainian Armed Forces noted, will be established after examining the debris at the crash site.
What is the Grom-E1 bomb, what are its characteristics and range of destruction – read on ICTV Facts.
Grom-E1: what is known
The Grom-E1 is not a new Russian development, but the weapon has been modified in recent years to attack civilian targets in Ukraine.
In this way, the Russians want to increase the effectiveness of their terror against Ukrainians.
In particular, Russian terrorists previously used the Grim-E1 (Thunder-E1) aerial bomb to hit Kharkov and Mirnograd.
The Grom-E1 was created on the basis of the Soviet Kh-38 missile. In essence, this weapon is a hybrid of a glide bomb and a missile.
The first use of this aerial bomb in the Russian-Ukrainian war became known in March 2023.
This weapon was first presented at the MAKS-2015 international air show.
The Grom-E1 aerial bomb, unlike conventional gliding bombs, has a jet engine, which allows for an increased range of destruction.
In addition, the Grom-E1 projectile has a high-explosive fragmentation modular warhead with a contact detonator. In addition to the standard high-explosive fragmentation part, a development in a thermobaric version with the possibility of high-altitude detonation was also declared.
Photo: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Military observers say the bomb's advantage is that it can descend at a large angle before hitting its target.
The specified projectile can be carried by MiG-35, Su-34, Su-35, Su-57 and helicopters.
The Grom-E1 missile-bomb uses inertial and satellite navigation systems for guidance. The first demonstration of the munition took place in 2015. As of 2019, it was reported that the Grom-E1 tests were completed.
Grom-E1: characteristics
- projectile weight – 594 kg;
- warhead weight – 315 kg;
- range of destruction – up to 120 km;
- navigation – inertial and satellite.
It is noteworthy that for this aerial bomb the maximum range of destruction depends on how high and fast the projectile carrier flies. Accordingly, as noted in Defence Express, the indicator of 120 km is realized, if we believe the declarations of the developer, the Russian corporation Tactical Missile Weapons , when dropped from a height of 12 km and a speed of 1600 km/h.
“With lower flight performance, the range may well be shorter, which is also indicated by the illustration for the Grom-E1 presentation, in which the range of destruction when dropped from a height of 5 km is about 35 km,” the report says.
At the same time, observers point out that given the small number of photos and videos of aircraft with the X-38, this missile remains uncommon in the Russian Federation.
