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Meanings of glide bomb in English

Russian
планирующая аб
Portuguese
bomba planadora

Aerial weapon with aerodynamic surfaces to give it a flatter, gliding, flight path than that of a conventional bomb.

        планирующая аб
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        Usage of glide bomb in English
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        The glide bomb here is the Special Operations Precision Guided Munition (SOPGM), a modified version of the Viper Strike weapon.
        Wired
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        On Tuesday, a defense official said the aircraft used the 2,000-lb Israeli-made SPICE 2000 glide bomb in the strike.
        Reuters