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Kh-29. The Kh-29 (Russian: Х-29; NATO: AS-14 'Kedge '; GRAU: 9M721) is a Soviet air-to-surface missile with a range of 10–30 km. It has a large warhead of 320 kg, has a choice of laser, infrared, active radar or TV guidance, and is typically carried by tactical aircraft such as the Su-24, Su-30, MiG-29K as well as the Su-25, giving these aircraft an expanded standoff capability.
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes Combat aircraft; Boeing F/A-18 Hornet: United States: multirole: F/A-18D: 8 [1] 30 planned to be acquried from KAF. Waiting for US government approval since it is US origin military equipment. [2] Sukhoi Su-30: Russia: multirole Su-30MKM: 18 [1] BAE Hawk: United Kingdom: light fighter: Hawk 208: 12 ...
Also, sometimes a combination ("complex") of a missile with its aircraft is marked with a letter "K" (for example, a missile Kh-22 with an aircraft is a "complex K-22"). The Cyrillic "X" (read "Kh") in the designation of Soviet ASMs is in fact a Latin " X " ("ecks") for Xperimental, as used by the design bureau.
More specifically, the aircraft was developed from T10KM-2, the naval trainer derivative of the Sukhoi Su-27K. The development, known internally as T-10V, was shelved at the end of the 1980s sharing the fate of the aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk; this was the result of the political upheaval in the Soviet Union and its subsequent disintegration ...
In April 1986, the Su-25 used a precision-guided weapon in combat for the first time, firing a Kh-25 and Kh-29 missile against enemy targets. The introduction of precision bombs and missiles allowed the Su-25 to begin flying missions at higher-altitude, reducing the risk posed by anti-aircraft artillery and shoulder launched surface-to-air ...
Modernized variants of the aircraft can be equipped with anti-radiation missiles Kh-31, Kh-25MR or MPU (up to six units), anti-ship Kh-31A (up to six), air-to-surface class missiles Kh-29 and Kh-59 (up to three) or Kh-59M (up to two units), up to six precision bombs KAB-1500 or eight KAB-500 with television or laser-guidance. Maximum mass of ...
The forty-five aircraft were ordered in two batches, sixteen in January 2004, for delivery from 2009, an option for 29 additional aircraft, for delivery by the end of 2016, being taken in 2010. [68] Indian Naval Air Arm. 300 Indian Naval Air Squadron – INS Hansa, Goa; 303 Indian Naval Air Squadron – INS Hansa, Goa (embarked in INS Vikramaditya)
The Tumansky RD-9 (initially designated Mikulin AM-5) was an early Soviet turbojet engine, not based on pre-existing German or British designs. The AM-5, developed by scaling down the AM-3, [1] was available in 1952 and completed testing in 1953; it produced 25.5 kN (5,700 lb f) thrust without afterburner.