Tu-16 with KSR-5 under wing
Tu-16K with a missile under each wing
Tu-16 'Badger-G' with KSR-5 under port wing
This article is about Soviet missile. For the German prototype circular wing aircraft, see
Sack AS-6 .
The Raduga Kh-26 KSR-5 (NATO reporting name AS-6 Kingfish ) was a long-range, air-launched cruise missile and anti ship missile developed by the Soviet Union .
It was essentially a scaled down version of the Kh-22 'Kitchen', built to be carried by the less capable Tu-16 .
Variants
The Raduga KSR-5 was developed in variants to be deployed as a land attack missile and an anti-ship missile. The missile was designed to be fitted with either a conventional or nuclear warhead .
Operational history
The Raduga KSR-5 was deployed aboard such Soviet aircraft as the Tupolev Tu-16 'Badger' in Tu-16K-26, Tu-16KSR-2-5, and Tu-16KSR-2-5-11 variants, as well as the Tu-22M Backfire.
Post 1991 with the retirement of the Badger, the KSR-5 warstock was converted into supersonic targets.
Operators
Specifications
Length : 10 m (33 ft)
Wingspan : 2.5 m (8.2 ft)
Diameter : 0.9 m (3.0 ft)
Launch weight : 4,000 kg (8,800 lb)
Speed : Mach 3.5 (2,664.2 mph; 4,287.7 km/h; 1.2 km/s)
Range : 300–700 km (190–430 mi; 160–380 nmi)
Guidance : inertial guidance , optional mid-course update via data link , terminal active radar homing or passive radar homing
Warhead : 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) high explosive or 350 kt nuclear
References
^ a b c d Lennox, Duncan, ed. (1997). "AS-6 'Kingfish' (KSR-5/11 and Kh-26)". Jane's Air-Launched Weapons (35th ed.). Surrey: Jane's Information Group.
Bibliography
Gordon, Yefim (2004). Soviet/Russian Aircraft Weapons Since World War Two . Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-188-1 .
Healey, John K. (January–February 2004). "Retired Warriors: 'Cold War' Bomber Legacy". Air Enthusiast . No. 109. pp. 75–79. ISSN 0143-5450 .
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