KUB family
A Russian loitering-munition family marketed in export form as KUB-E. Later KUB-numbered products require their own configuration-specific evidence.
- Country / region
- Russia
- Programme status
- Supplier account
- Sources reviewed
- 20 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Loitering munition
- Developer / manufacturer
- Kalashnikov / ZALA-associated programme
- Origin / production countries
- Russia
- Other names
- KUB-E; KUB-BLA
- Variants / configurations
- KUB baseline; KUB-E export configuration; Later KUB-numbered announcements are not interchangeable
- Operators / programme customers
- No complete operator list disclosed in the reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
Status and performance are attributed to the supplier. They do not establish an independently audited fleet size or effectiveness rate.
Role & capabilities
- Loitering munition
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Expendable loitering munition
Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance.
Source ↗ - Launch / recovery
- Not established from the reviewed sources.
Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.
Source ↗ - Propulsion
- Not established from the reviewed sources.
Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.
Source ↗ - Dimensions
- Not established from the reviewed sources.
Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.
Source ↗ - Mass
- Not established from the reviewed sources.
Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.
Source ↗ - Endurance
- Not established from the reviewed sources.
Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.
Source ↗ - Range
- Not established from the reviewed sources.
Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.
Source ↗ - Speed
- Not established from the reviewed sources.
Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.
Source ↗ - Altitude
- Not established from the reviewed sources.
Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.
Source ↗ - Payload
- Not established from the reviewed sources.
Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.
Source ↗ - Sensors
- Not established from the reviewed sources.
Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.
Source ↗ - Communications / navigation
- Not established from the reviewed sources.
Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.
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