Drone video captures moment when ODAB-500 bomb hits Ukrainian troops near Kursk

A Ukrainian drone captured the moment of the explosion of an ODAB-500 aerial bomb and a powerful shockwave. The video was made in Russia's Kursk region.

"The UAV of the 129th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine recorded an aerial bomb hitting the positions of Ukrainian troops near the village of Kurilovka," the post on War Correspondents of the Russian Spring Telegram channel said.

The drone footage shows the aerial bomb descending from above and exploding upon impact with the ground. A massive fire and smoke plume rises, followed by a visible shockwave spreading from the explosion's epicenter.

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Many Russian Air Force munitions have thermobaric variants. The 80 mm (3.1 in) S-8 rocket has the S-8DM and S-8DF thermobaric variants. The S-8's 122 mm (4.8 in) brother, the S-13, has the S-13D and S-13DF thermobaric variants. The S-13DF's warhead weighs only 32 kg (71 lb), but its power is equivalent to 40 kg (88 lb) of TNT. The KAB-500-OD variant of the KAB-500KR has a 250 kg (550 lb) thermobaric warhead. The ODAB-500PM and ODAB-500PMV unguided bombs carry a 190 kg (420 lb) fuel–air explosive each. ODAB-1500 is a larger version of the bomb. The KAB-1500S GLONASS/GPS guided 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) bomb also has a thermobaric variant. Its fireball will cover a 150 m (490 ft) radius and its lethal zone is a 500 m (1,600 ft) radius. The 9M120 Ataka-V and the 9K114 Shturm ATGMs both have thermobaric variants.