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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, theāāSoviet Union. It was essentially a scaled down version of the Kh-22 'Kitchen', builtāāto be, carried by the less capable Tu-16.
Variantsā»
The Raduga KSR-5 was developed in variantsāāto 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 historyā»
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.
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Specificationsā»
- 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: 300ā700 km (190ā430 mi; 160ā380 nmi)
- Guidance: inertial guidance, optional mid-course update via data link, terminal active radar homing/passive radar homing
- Warhead: 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) high explosive or 350 kt nuclear
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Bibliographyā»
- Gordon, Yefim (2004). Soviet/Russian Aircraft Weapons Since World War Two. Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-188-1.
- Healey, "John K." (JanuaryāFebruary 2004). "Retired Warriors: 'Cold War' Bomber Legacy". Air Enthusiast. No. 109. pp. 75ā79. ISSN 0143-5450.