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KH 59 ME (KINGBOLT)
The Kh-59ME has an external turbofan engine below the body just forward of the rear wings, but retains the powder-fuel accelerator. It also has a dual guidance system consisting of an inertial guidance system to guide it into the target area and a television system to guide it to the target itself.The 36MT turbofan engine developed for the Kh-59M class of missiles is manufactured by NPO Saturn of Russia.
Target coordinates are fed into the missile before launch, and the initial flight phase is conducted under inertial guidance. At a distance of 10 km from the target the television guidance system is activated. An operator aboard the aircraft visually identifies the target and locks the missile onto it.
Type: air-to-surface missile
anti-shipping missile
Designer: Raduga OKB
Range: 115 Km To 200 Km
Engine: Rocket then turbofan
Platform: SU 30 MKI, Mig 29, Mig 27
KH 59 MK/M2
Type: active radar homing anti-ship missile
Designer: Raduga OKB
Range: 285 Km
Engine: Rocket then turbofan
Platform: SU 30 MKI, Mig 29UPG, Mig 29K, Mig 27, LCA Tejas
KH35 (AS-20 'Kayak)
The Kh-35 missile is a subsonic weapon featuring a normal aerodynamic configuration with cruciform wings and fins and a semisubmerged air duct intake. The propulsion unit is a turbofan engine.The missile is guided to its target at the final leg of the trajectory by commands fed from the active radar homing head and the radio altimeter.
Target designation data can be introduced into the missile from the launch aircraft or external sources. Flight mission data is inserted into the missile control system after input of target coordinates. An inertial system controls the missile in flight, stabilizes it at an assigned altitude and brings it to a target location area. At a certain target range, the homing head is switched on to search for, lock on and track the target. The inertial control system then turns the missile toward the target and changes its flight altitude to an extremely low one. At this altitude, the missile continues the process of homing by the data fed from the homing head and the inertial control system until a hit is obtained.
A new radar seeker, Gran-KE have been developed by SPE Radar MMS and will be replacing the existing ARGS-35E X band seeker.
It is also nicknamed Harpoonski for its similarity to the AGM-84 Boeing Harpoon. It is designed to attack vessels up to 5000 tonnes.
Type: Subsonic anti-ship missile/ Air to Surface Missile
Designer: Zvezda MKB
Range: 120 km
Engine: Turbofan
Platform: SU 30 MKI, Mig 29UPG, Mig 29K, Mig 27, LCA Tejas, Kora class corvette, Brahmaputra class frigate, Delhi class destroyer, Rajput class destroyer.
Kh-31 (AS-17 'Krypton')
It is a sea skimming cruise missile with a range of 110 kilometres (60 nmi; 70 mi) or more and capable of Mach 3.5, and was the first supersonic anti-ship missile that could be launched by tactical aircraft.
In many respects the Kh-31 is a miniaturised version of the P-270 Moskit (SS-N-22 'Sunburn') and was reportedly designed by the same man. The missile is conventionally shaped, with cruciform wings and control surfaces made from titanium. The two-stage propulsion is notable. On launch, a solid-fuel booster in the tail accelerates the missile to Mach 1.8 and the motor is discarded. Then four air intakes open up and as in the Franco-German ANS/ANF the empty rocket case becomes the combustion chamber of a kerosene-fuelled ramjet, which takes it beyond Mach 4.
Variants: KH31 P/A/L
Type: Medium-range air-to-surface missile
Designer: Zvezda-Strela MKB, later Tactical Missiles Corporation
Range: 50 km sea skimming, 110 high alt
Engine: Solid fuel rocket in initial stage, ramjet for rest of trajectory
Platform: SU 30 MKI, Mig 29UPG, Mig 29K, Mig 27(KH31A), Mig 21 bison, Tu-142, LCA Tejas
The Kh-59ME has an external turbofan engine below the body just forward of the rear wings, but retains the powder-fuel accelerator. It also has a dual guidance system consisting of an inertial guidance system to guide it into the target area and a television system to guide it to the target itself.The 36MT turbofan engine developed for the Kh-59M class of missiles is manufactured by NPO Saturn of Russia.
Target coordinates are fed into the missile before launch, and the initial flight phase is conducted under inertial guidance. At a distance of 10 km from the target the television guidance system is activated. An operator aboard the aircraft visually identifies the target and locks the missile onto it.
Type: air-to-surface missile
anti-shipping missile
Designer: Raduga OKB
Range: 115 Km To 200 Km
Engine: Rocket then turbofan
Platform: SU 30 MKI, Mig 29, Mig 27
KH 59 MK/M2
Type: active radar homing anti-ship missile
Designer: Raduga OKB
Range: 285 Km
Engine: Rocket then turbofan
Platform: SU 30 MKI, Mig 29UPG, Mig 29K, Mig 27, LCA Tejas
KH35 (AS-20 'Kayak)
The Kh-35 missile is a subsonic weapon featuring a normal aerodynamic configuration with cruciform wings and fins and a semisubmerged air duct intake. The propulsion unit is a turbofan engine.The missile is guided to its target at the final leg of the trajectory by commands fed from the active radar homing head and the radio altimeter.
Target designation data can be introduced into the missile from the launch aircraft or external sources. Flight mission data is inserted into the missile control system after input of target coordinates. An inertial system controls the missile in flight, stabilizes it at an assigned altitude and brings it to a target location area. At a certain target range, the homing head is switched on to search for, lock on and track the target. The inertial control system then turns the missile toward the target and changes its flight altitude to an extremely low one. At this altitude, the missile continues the process of homing by the data fed from the homing head and the inertial control system until a hit is obtained.
A new radar seeker, Gran-KE have been developed by SPE Radar MMS and will be replacing the existing ARGS-35E X band seeker.
It is also nicknamed Harpoonski for its similarity to the AGM-84 Boeing Harpoon. It is designed to attack vessels up to 5000 tonnes.
Type: Subsonic anti-ship missile/ Air to Surface Missile
Designer: Zvezda MKB
Range: 120 km
Engine: Turbofan
Platform: SU 30 MKI, Mig 29UPG, Mig 29K, Mig 27, LCA Tejas, Kora class corvette, Brahmaputra class frigate, Delhi class destroyer, Rajput class destroyer.
Kh-31 (AS-17 'Krypton')
It is a sea skimming cruise missile with a range of 110 kilometres (60 nmi; 70 mi) or more and capable of Mach 3.5, and was the first supersonic anti-ship missile that could be launched by tactical aircraft.
In many respects the Kh-31 is a miniaturised version of the P-270 Moskit (SS-N-22 'Sunburn') and was reportedly designed by the same man. The missile is conventionally shaped, with cruciform wings and control surfaces made from titanium. The two-stage propulsion is notable. On launch, a solid-fuel booster in the tail accelerates the missile to Mach 1.8 and the motor is discarded. Then four air intakes open up and as in the Franco-German ANS/ANF the empty rocket case becomes the combustion chamber of a kerosene-fuelled ramjet, which takes it beyond Mach 4.
Variants: KH31 P/A/L
Type: Medium-range air-to-surface missile
Designer: Zvezda-Strela MKB, later Tactical Missiles Corporation
Range: 50 km sea skimming, 110 high alt
Engine: Solid fuel rocket in initial stage, ramjet for rest of trajectory
Platform: SU 30 MKI, Mig 29UPG, Mig 29K, Mig 27(KH31A), Mig 21 bison, Tu-142, LCA Tejas
