KSR-5 | |
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Type | Air-to-surface missile |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | 1969−1994 |
Used by | See operators |
Production history | |
Designer | Tupolev and Mikoyan Missile Design Bureau |
No. built | 300[1] |
Variants | See variants |
Specifications | |
Mass | 4,500 kg (9,900 lb) |
Length | 10.56 m (34.6 ft) |
Diameter | 920 mm (36 in) |
Wingspan | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) |
Maximum firing range | 400 km (250 mi) |
Warhead | High-explosive, HE semi-armour-piercing, nuclear |
Warhead weight | 930–1,000 kg (2,050–2,200 lb) |
Blast yield | 350 kT (Nuclear) |
Propellant | Solid |
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] |
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.