OREANDA-NEWS The Russian three-ton FAB-3000 bomb is capable of hitting an area the size of several football fields, said the captain of the first rank of the reserve, military expert Vasily Dandykin. In a conversation with Lenta.<url>" he spoke about the features of this munition, which Russian forces used against the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Kursk region.

This is a serious weapon and it has its demoralizing effect on the enemy. It is used after intelligence makes sure that there are no civilians in populated areas and then, on a tip-off, aircraft take off from the ground and drop a bomb. [The affected area] is large, several hundred meters. If you imagine, then this is not one football field and the funnel is large

"This is a three-ton bomb. There is a decent amount of explosives there, it is correctable, it has the ability to walk independently from the plane about 80 kilometers now. This allows the aircraft to avoid the activities of air defense systems (air defense). It is used when destroying specially protected enemy strongholds, when it is necessary to destroy equipment and armored vehicles and discourage enemy troops. The affected area is very large, and the enemy, who is not hit by shrapnel, has concussions. Currently, this is the most powerful munition that aviation uses as bombs," he said.

The Russian army used a three-ton bomb on the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region. The video of the strike was published by the channel "Two Majors". The message under the video says that it was used near the village of Kremyanoye on the evening of October 2.