Thursday, November 20, 2008

KSR-5

IOC: 1970

Also Known As
AS-6 Kingfish
K-26
KSR-5N
KSR-5NM
KSR-5P

Origin
Russia

Applications
Tu-16
Tu-22M3

Derived from:
Kh-22

Description: KSR-5 is a highly supersonic, liquid fuel, long-range cruise missile derived from Kh-22 and designed for use on the Tu-16 medium bomber as a replacement for KSR-2. Kh-22 was originally designed for the massive Tu-95 Bear strategic bomber. Armed with a conventional or nuclear (KSR-5N) warhead KSR-5 is suitable against ships, radar sites (KSR-5P) and land targets.

The United States and NATO refer to this missile as the AS-6 Kingfish. Its guidance system is based on inertial navigation, pre-programmed flight, in-flight command updates through radiofrequency and active radar homing seeker when utilized against ships. KSR-5 was also provided to the T-22M Backfire medium bomber in the 1970s.

Specifications
Dimensions: Diameter 900 mm, Length 10.5 m, Width 2.6 m

Weights: Max Weight 5,000 kg (11,023 lb), Warhead 1,000 kg (2,205 lb)

Performance: Ceiling 20,000 m (65,617 ft), CEP 3,000 m (9,843 ft), Max Range 700 km (378 nm), Min Range 240 km (130 nm), Top Speed 1,162 mps (Mach 3.50)

Yield: 350 kiloton

Operators

Russia

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

Last Updated: Saturday, October 25, 2008

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