KSR-5

KSR-5
Tu-16 with KSR-5 under wing
TypeAir-to-surface missile
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
In service1969−1994
Used bySee operators
Production history
DesignerTupolev and Mikoyan Missile Design Bureau
No. built300[1]
VariantsSee variants
Specifications
Mass4,500 kg (9,900 lb)
Length10.56 m (34.6 ft)
Diameter920 mm (36 in)
Wingspan2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)

Maximum firing range400 km (250 mi)
WarheadHigh-explosive, HE semi-armour-piercing, nuclear
Warhead weight930–1,000 kg (2,050–2,200 lb)
Blast yield350 kT (Nuclear)

PropellantSolid
Maximum speed Mach 2 or Mach 3
Guidance
system
Inertial with active or passive radar
Launch
platform
Tu-16, Tu-22M, Tu-95M
References[2]
Tu-16K with a missile under each wing
Tu-16 'Badger-G' with KSR-5 under port wing

The KSR-5, also designated as the Kh-26 (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.

  1. ^ Taylor 1991, p. 71.
  2. ^ Lennox 2003, p. 191.

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