Weapons

The New Russian GROM Missile Revealed

The global arms race is not stopping, and this time it’s Russia’s move. At the MAKS 2015 international Air Show, Russia has revealed the new generation of Grom bombs. The Grom bombs family, meaning “thunder” in Russian, includes two versions – Grom1 and Grom2. The first bomb is actually a guided cruise missile equipped with an engine and an inertial satellite guidance system, while the other bomb is equipped with a state-of-the-art guidance system and is a high-accuracy bomb.

The warhead system, with all its commponents, weighs 130 kilograms and has a maximal range of 280 kilometers. The second bomb of the same family has a warhead with an overall weight of 280 kilograms.