| Kh-58 (NATO reporting name: AS-11 'Kilter') | |
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 Kh-58 in the Ukrainian Air Force Museum | |
| Type | air-launched anti-radiation missile |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1982-current[1] |
| Used by | Russia, India, FSU, Warsaw Pact[1] |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1970s |
| Manufacturer | Raduga NPO |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 650 kg (1,430 lb)[2] |
| Length | 480 cm (15 ft 9 in)[2] |
| Diameter | 38 cm (15.0 in)[2] |
| Warhead | High Explosive[1] |
| Warhead weight | 149 kg (328 lb)[2] |
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| Engine | Solid rocket[1] |
| Wingspan | 117 cm (46.1 in)[2] |
Operational range |
Kh-58 : up to 160 km (86 nmi) Kh-58U :250 km (130 nmi)[1] Kh-58E :46–200 km (25–110 nmi)[2] |
| Maximum speed | Mach 3.6 |
Guidance system | Inertial with passive radar seeker[1] |
Launch platform | Su-24M,[1] Mig-25BM,[1] Su-22M4,[2] Su-25TK,[2] Su-30MK[3] |
The Kh-58 (Russian: Х-58; NATO:AS-11 'Kilter') is a Russian anti-radiation missile with a range of 120 km. As of 2015[update] the Kh-58U variant was still the primary anti-radiation missile of Russia and its allies.[1] It is being superseded by the Kh-31.
Development[]
The Bereznyak design bureau had developed the liquid-fuelled Kh-28 (AS-9 'Kyle) and the KSR-5P anti-radiation missiles.[3] They merged with Raduga in 1967, so Raduga was given the contract in the early 1970s to develop a solid-fuel successor to the Kh-28 to equip the new Su-24M 'Fencer-D' attack aircraft.[3] Consequently the project was initially designated the Kh-24, before becoming the Kh-58. During the 1980s a longer-range variant was developed, the Kh-58U, with lock-on-after-launch capability. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Raduga have offered several versions for export.[3]
Design[]
It was designed to be used in conjunction with the Su-24's L-086A "Fantasmagoria A" or L-086B "Fantasmagoria B" target acquisition system.[1] The range achieved depends heavily on the launch altitude, thus the original Kh-58 has a range of 36 km from low level, 120 km from 10,000 m (32,800 ft), and 160 km from 15,000 m (49,200 ft).[1] Like other Soviet missiles of the time, the Kh-58 could be fitted with a range of seeker heads designed to target specific air defence radars such as MIM-14 Nike-Hercules or MIM-104 Patriot.[3]
Operational history[]
The Kh-58 was deployed in 1982 on the Su-24M 'Fencer D' in Soviet service.[1] The Kh-58U entered service in 1991 on the Su-24M and Mig-25BM 'Foxbat-F'.[1] The Kh-58E version can be carried on the Su-22M4 and Su-25TK as well,[2] whilst the Kh-58UshE appears to be intended for Chinese Su-30MKK's.[3]
Variants[]
- Kh-58 (Izdeliye 112) - original version for the Su-24M
- Kh-58U - improved version with longer range and lock-on-after-launch
- Kh-58E - export version first offered in 1991[3] a downgraded Kh-58U[1]
- Kh-58EM - another version offered for export in the 1990s[3]
- Kh-58UshE (Uluchshennaya Shirokopolosnaya Exportnaya : 'improved, wideband, export') - new wideband seeker in new radome, intended for Su-30MK.[3]
- Kh-58UShKE - version shown at MAKS 2007 with folding fins for semi-conformal carriage.[4]
Some Western sources have referred to a Kh-58A that is either optimised for naval radars or has an active seeker head for use as an anti-shipping missile - it probably represents another name for the Kh-58U.
Operators[]
- Current
Russia[1]
India[1]
Malaysia- Algeria
- Iran
- Peru
- Poland[5]
- Former Soviet republics and Warsaw Pact countries[1]
- Former
- Soviet Union
Similar weapons[]
- Kh-28 (AS-9 'Kyle) - liquid-fuelled predecessor to the Kh-58
- Martel missile - Anglo-French collaboration with 60 km range
- AGM-88 HARM - Current US Air Force anti-radar weapon, range of 106 km
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 Staff of Journal of Electronic Defense (2004). "International Electronic Countermeasures Handbook". Artech House. pp. 149–150. ISBN 9781580538985. http://books.google.com/?id=Y8kePYFK1L8C&pg=PA149.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "X-58E". Tactical Missiles Corporation JSC. 2004. http://eng.ktrv.ru/production_eng/323/511/516/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 "Kh-58 (AS-11 'Kilter')". 2007-10-24. http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Air-Launched-Weapons/Kh-58-AS-11-Kilter-Russian-Federation.html.
- ↑ "TMC unveils air-to-surface missiles at Moscow air show". 2007-08-29. http://www.janes.com/extract/jdw2007/jdw33997.html.[dead link]
- ↑ [1]
References[]
- Gordon, Yefim (2004). "Soviet/Russian Aircraft Weapons Since World War Two". Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-188-1.
External links[]
- Tuomas Närväinen's Homepage - useful details
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