KSR-5
Sign in to saveAlso known as AS-6 Kingfish, AS-6, Raduga KSR-5, Kingfish
thumb|Tu-16K with a missile under each wing thumb|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', primarily carried by the Tupolev Tu-16 bomber.
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Within Vinony's link graph, KSR-5 is referenced by 280 other articles, and connects out to S-300, Metel Anti-Ship Complex and RPK-6 Vodopad/RPK-7 Veter.
Vinony files it under Air-to-surface missiles of the Soviet Union, Anti-ship missiles of the Soviet Union and Cold War anti-ship missiles of the Soviet Union.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- KSR-5
- Weapon.image
- Raduga KSR-5 VVS museum.jpg
- Weapon.caption
- Tu-16 with KSR-5 under wing
- Weapon.type
- Air-to-surface missile
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1969−1994
- Weapon.used_by
- See operators
- Weapon.designer
- Tupolev and Mikoyan Missile Design Bureau
- Weapon.number
- 300
- Weapon.variants
- See variants
- Weapon.filling
- High-explosive, HE semi-armour-piercing, nuclear
- Weapon.yield
- 350 kT (Nuclear)
- Weapon.speed
- Mach 2 or Mach 3
- Weapon.guidance
- Inertial with active or passive radar
- Weapon.propellant
- Solid
- Weapon.launch_platform
- Tu-16, Tu-22M, Tu-95M
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Raduga KSR-5.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Raduga KSR-5
- NATO reporting name
- Kingfish
- service entry
- 1973-00-00
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Background
- Description
- Variants
- Operational history
- Operators
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|Tu-16K with a missile under each wing thumb|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', primarily carried by the Tupolev Tu-16 bomber.
==Background==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “KSR-5” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.