Role & capabilities
- Loitering munition
- 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 & programme
A Russian loitering-munition family marketed in export form as KUB-E. Later KUB-numbered products require their own configuration-specific evidence.
Rostec’s 2024 export announcement identifies KUB-E and claims combat experience. That is supplier-side reporting. A shared family name should not cause KUB-E, KUB-2 or other later announcements to inherit identical airframe, endurance or payload data. This profile retains the original public programme record and explicit numerical gaps until a matching specification is available.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| 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. Source ↗ |
Publication history
- — Expanded catalogue profile with sourced specifications, variant distinctions, programme evidence and explicit public data gaps.
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Follow the evidence
Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.
- Rostec KUB-E export programme statement (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme source