Fighter Aicraft, MiG-29/7
Fighter Aicraft, MiG-29/7MiG-29, Part Seven
By Easy Tartar
The Listed Radar ECCM Features of the MiG-29 Radar are:1. Low Sidelobe Antenna spillage
2. Monopulse Antenna
3. Wideband High Speed Frequency Agility
4. A Guard Channel
5. Long Pulse Compression
6. Low Peak Power
7. Wide Instantaneous Beam Width
8. High Range Resolution
9. Working TWS Mode
10. Low/Med/High Coherent PRF features and modes
11. High & Medium PRF Mix (160-200 kHz up to 3.5° BW)
The Radar/IRST Display Characteristics:
The Radar (HK) and IR (V) search, track, air combat, and back-up mode representations are displayed on the HUD and repeater scope in similar formats which differ only by variations in range-scales, symbols, and weapons.Mode English Range Scale PRF ACQ-SYM
Free Search [SP] 150 km Hi horiz-rect
Encounter [E] 150 km Hi horiz-rect
Pursuit [P] 050 km Med square
Automatic [AUTO] 100 km Mix horiz-rect
IRST [IR-STROBE] 010 km IR vert-rect
Rdr/IRST [COOP] 050 km Mix/IR large square
IRST CC [CC] 010 km IR 4° by 30° vol
IRST/HMS [HMS] 010 km IR ±45° to ±60°
Rdr CC [CC] 010 km Hi 6° by 55° vol
Gun Trigger [Man Guns] none none funnel/man-ws
Gun Rdr Lock [Rdr Guns] 1000 m Hi director LCOS
Optical [Op] 010 km none slew circle
Test [TEST] none none man dep ret
The HUD/scope display in the MiG-29 always includes the airspeed and altitude read-outs in the upper left/right areas. In the upper middle is generally a linear moving compass heading indicator. Small diamonds depict the direction of change and other symbols directed points to go to that are sent in via the data link from GCI. The aircraft symbol is in the geographic center of the display always flying in relation to a fixed horizon line showing actual wing position not horizon motion. Range is depicted along the left side of the display and marked according to the range utilized by the mode. Acquisition symbols are boxes of various size and dimensions which give the pilot a clue as to what mode he is in. Acq Symbols are moved by the stick cursor and the lock-up is achieved by the designation switch on the out-board throttle.During a full-track presentation target range is indicated on the range scale on the left side with a large pointing arrow. Target symbols on the scope do not reflect range and steering circles reflect lead-collision points, not actual target position.
The MiG-29 Lazur Data Link System:
The Lazur Data link System is a two-way system, GCI-to-Fighter and Fighter-to-GCI. It is composed of the SAU-451-04 automatic control system, the E502-20/04 airborne guidance system, the R-862 radio, A-611 marker radio receiver, SO-69 ATC responder with the UNN block/K-42E kit, the ARK-19 radio compass, the TESTER-UZ/LK flight data recorder, and the ALMAZ-UP information reporting system. The MiG-29 appears to have no Fighter-to-Fighter capability yet. Transmitted target information is displayed on the HUD display which is the primarily display, then on the radar scope and appropriate cockpit instruments. The "GUIDANCE" switch on the Air-to-Ground Panel must be "ON". A Data Link Frequency nees to be selected and a Data Link Mode selected from the "GCI SITE", "AIR TRAFFIC", or "TERMINAL" options. The system operates in the VHF frequency band and is effectively line-of-sight limited.The information displayed with 54 symbols or directives, some are listed below:
* closure speed command go-to
* continuous distance to prime selected target
* fixed distance to targets indicated
* end of intercept (flight recovery) command
* end of intercept (change target) command
* engine power setting commands
* afterburner activation (what stages if any?)
* interceptor aspect commands (go-to)
* interceptor altitude commands (go-to)
* interceptor course commands (go-to)
* interceptor speed commands (go-to)
* interceptor turn commands (go-to)
* missile warm-up (AA-10) commands (approx 3 minutes)
* target assignment commands for priority
* target elevation delta (±) commands
* target true bearing commands for pointing
* target vertical speed (snap-up) command
* target range, look angle, speed, G, etc.
Chaff and Flare Dispensors:
The MiG-29 single-seat fighters are equipped with two BVP-30-26M chaff/flare dispensors which have been located above the wing surfaces directly in line with the vertical tail surfaces. There are 30 dispensor chambers per side for a total on the aircraft of 60 holes. There are covers over the dispensor "cluster" boxes that are bolted on and removed on the ground before a combat mission, but kept on for ferry and training. The individual chambers are tilted forward about 30° thus allowing both chaff and flares to be disperse and "bloomed" prior to passing beyond the aircraft. The dispensors themselves can be jettisoned from the aircraft and are done so by utilizing a vertical switch panel directly in the center of the main instrument panel. Early MiG-29's had three toggle switches, but present models have one selection toggle for LEFT / RIGHT / BOTH, and the JETTISON BUTTON. There is also a small window with two count-down scrolls from 30 to 0 to read the number of remaining chambers.Chaff/Flare Dispensor Jettison
The chaff/flare dispensors are deliberately operated manually off of a throttle finger switch. The Throttle Switch is a single button located under the speed brake double action switch. It is single action switch, thus whatever is ground loaded, and in whatever sequence, gets dispensed. The number and interval of dispensed chaff bundles or flares is preset in a ground loaded chip that is unique to each type aircraft. The "manual" pilot-directed dispensing by switch action was treated as an advantage by the Russians when talking to potential buyers for reasons that I am not sure, but I do believe that they think that the US relies too much upon "automated" systems and that they expend the limited chaff/flare load too fast, too soon. The future Russian systems, however, appear to champion integrated approaches linking the dispensors into a more sophisticated "radio electronic opposition complex".
The Radar Homing & Warning Receiver (SIRENA-3):
During the Fersten Fieldberg, FRG, 1987 Summer NATO Safety Officer's Course, where both Pakistani and Indian pilots attended, two F-16 FWIT Instructors (Dutch AF Officers) attempted to question an Indian Air Force Officer about the MiG-29 he flew and its capabilities. They were astonished about how disturbed he was over the Pakistan Air Force getting the F-16 and yet equally surprised over how much relative merit he gave to the F-16 over the MiG-29, saying that he felt that the F-16 was the better maneuvering aircraft of the two. But he was convinced that the MiG possessed a much more formidable weapons system, especially because of its "threat warning system" which would not allow the F-16 to get anywhere near the MiG-29 without alerting it well before the MiG-29 could get inside the firing envelope of the AIM-9L. The implication was that the MiG-29 RHAW device was so accurate and so capable, that no F-16, or any NATO aircraft for that fact, could approach unseen or at least without warning while its radar was on.
The L006-LM/101 SIRENA-3 radar illumination warning receiver antennas are located on both the leading edge of the wing strakes for coverage in the front hemisphere, and on the wing tips and port fin to cover the rear hemisphere for the MiG-29 Two larger antennas for the SO-69 type K-11E ECM active jammer are located also located in the leading edges of the wing strakes on some aircraft. The RWR is configured to provide, in general:
- relative bearing to threat emitter
- type of emitter
- mode of radiation
- prioritization as a threat
- relative range via power determination
- location above or below the threat
In Conclusion:The MiG-29 weapon system is a good example of the "mindset" differences that carry through the way we both relate to and train our pilots and allies, thus forming two camps; a western and an eastern. On paper the applications look the same. However, it is not just like the Dallas Cowboys swapping playbooks with the Washington Redskins. It is more like a European World Cup soccer team swapping their playbook with a US NFL football team. They are both playing "football", but it is not the same "football", nor the same playing field, nor the same ball, equipment, or rules.
As we rely more and more on software (abstract, conceptual, visionary, thought provoking, option intensive, reprogrammable software) and the "man" who uses it to drive our advance cockpits and system diagnostics we find less need for brute force hardware, absolute structure, and menus that restrict the thinking process. We have crossed the threshold where too many options are always viewed as disorder and freedom of expression as choas. The eastern mindset in fighter design has reached the pedistal of high technology but still cannot make up its mind. The western approach wraps the fighter plane around the individual, the eastern method places him in a system to function in conjunction with it.
Appendix A: Air-to-Air Weapons for the MiG-29:
The MiG-29 has 6 to 8 underwing hardpoints that utilize the BD3-UMK2B pylons and the APU-470, APU-73-1D, and APU-68-85E launching devices.
30 mm Gryazev/Shipunov GSh-30-1 (9A-4071K) Internal Gun System:
- single barrel gun built into the port LERX
- 1500 to 1800 rounds/minute firing rate (25 to 30 rounds per second)
- 860m/sec (2822 ft/sec) muzzel velocity
- shell weight 400 grams
- bullet weight 900 grams
- Max Effective Range:
1200 to 1800 meters (3937 to 5906 ft) vs air targets
200 to 800 meters (656 to 2625 ft) vs ground targets
- 170 rounds capacity with 150 rounds loaded
R-60 (AA-8) "APHID" Missile Family:
R-60T APHID A APU-60-I/II launcher with active radar fuze
R-60M APHID B APU-60-I/II launcher with electro-optical fuze
R-60MK APHID C APU-60-1DB1 launcher with IRST & Helmet Sight System
R-60U training
purpose: short range IR homing
missile to replace ATOLL
design bureau: Vympel
development: early 1980's
1st Air tests: in 1989
length: 2.09 m. (6.87 ft.)
diameter: 120 mm. (4.72 in.)
wingspan: 490 mm. (19.29 in.)
missile wt: 43.5 kg. (93.69 lbs.)
warhead wt: 6.0 kg. (13.23 lbs.)
envelope: 200 to 7200 m. (0.2 - 4.0 NM.)
Range calculations: Tail-On: 600 m to 8.0 km (1969 to 4.4 NM.)
Head-On: 1.5 to 12.0 km (0.82 to 6.6 NM)
miss dist/kill radius: 1 meter (3.3 ft)
time of flight limit: 23 sec.
target maneuvering loads: 12 G
seeker gymbol limits: ±20°
seeker field of view: 2.5°
antenna look angle:
guidance: Proportional Navigation
but it does have a ±10° blind spot at
the null 180° TCA
a/c launch limits: -0.5 to +8.0 G
thermo-electric cooling: 1.70 to 2.85 µm.
2.75 to 3.40 µm.
3.27 to 4.88 µm.
missile accel off rail: 200 to 900 m./sec./sec.
(656 to 2953 ft/sec/sec)
Notes:The first tactical light weight missile designed exclusively for fighter-to-fighter close-in combat was the R-60 ("Aphid"/AA-8). The missile was needed to augment the cannon in close-in situations and was required to work from a minimum range of around 1000 feet out to the limits of cannon range around 9000 feet. The concept of a "dogfight" missile was not yet as clear with the Russian pilots as it was in the West. The original need was to kill a target that unfortunately was allowed to get close, or just showed up there. Due to the obvious maneuvering situation that results when aircraft get inside of visual range of each other, a requirement was let for a more G-capable missile with higher off-boresight lock and track capability. The R-60 also went through several generations of improvements and actually became the first missile to be incorporated with the new helmet mounted sighting system in the MiG-29.
R-27 (AA-10) "ALAMO" Missile Family: (known as Izdeliye 470)
Su-27 Variants:
R-27R AA-10a Alamo A SB-SA APU-470 pylon
R-27T AA-10b Alamo B SB-IR
APU-470 pylon
R-27RE AA-10c Alamo C LB-SA APU-73-1D pylon
R-27AE AA-10c mod Alamo C mod LB-SA APU-73-1D pylon
R-27EM AA-10c mod Alamo C mod LB-SA APU-73-1D pylon
R-27E AA-10d Alamo D LB-IR
APU-73-1D pylon
MiG-29 Variants:
R-27R1 AA-10a mod Alamo A mod SB-SA APU-470
launcher rail
R-27T AA-10b Alamo B SB-IR
R-27T1 AA-10b mod Alamo B SB-IR for
MiG-29S/SE
R-27RE1 AA-10c mod Alamo C LB-SA for MiG-29S/SE
R-27TE AA-10d mod Alamo D LB-IR for
MiG-29S/SE
R-27TE1 AA-10d mod Alamo D LB-IR for MiG-29S/SE
Length: R-27R: 4080 mm (13.386 ft)
Diameter: R-27R: 230mm(9.055 in)
Missile Wt: R-27R: 254 kg (560 lbs)
Miss Dist/Kill Radius: R-27R: 11.5 m (37.73 ft)
Time of Flight: R-27R: 60 sec
Seeker Gymbol Limits: R-27R: ±55°
Antenna Look Angle: R-27R: ±50°
Guidance: R-27R:
Proportional Navigation
Missile Envelope: R-27R: Max Range (1.4 Mach/40Kft/5sq-m Tgt)
Head-On: 61 km (33.5 NM)
Tail On: 21 km (11.5 NM)
Min Range (1.4 Mach/40K ft/5sq-m Tgt)
Head-On: 02 km (01.1 NM)
Tail -On: 500-600 m (1640-1968 ft)
R-73 (AA-11) "ARCHER" Missile Family:
R-73M1 off-boresight version utilized with helmet mounted sight
R-73M2 training missile shape with seeker head
R-73E APU-73-1D pylon
R-73U
purpose: highly maneuverable dogfight missile
design bureau: Vympel
development: early 1980's
first airborne tests: 1989
first delivered IOC: 1992
propulsion: single regime PATT solid propellant
rocket, can be made larger
guidance: complex controls with
movable vanes, fins fore and aft of fixed
cruciform surfaces at the nose control
surface at the trailing edge of
each tail fin 4 x thrust-vectoring cont-vanes in rocket motor
stream/efflux
control surface: fins
jet vanes
length 2.9 m. (9.5 ft)
diameter 170 mm. (6.7 in)
wingspan: 51 cm. (20.1 in.)
rudder span: 38 cm. (14.96 in.)
missile wt: R-73M1: 105 kg.(232 lbs.)
R-73M2:
110 kg. (243 lbs))
warhead wt: 7.4 kg. (16.32 lbs.)
envelope: 300 m. to 40 km.
(985 ft. to 22 NM.)
max range: R-73M1: 30 km. (16.4 NM.)
R-73M2: 40Km. (21.8 NM.
miss dist:
kill radius:
time of flight limit: 23 sec.
max speed of target: 250 kph (11367 knots)
maneuvering tgt. loads: 12 G
seeker gymbol limits: ±20°
seeker field of view: 2.5°
antenna look angle:
auidance: Porportional Navigation
a/c launch limits: -0.5 to +8.0 G
thermo-electric cooling: 1.70 to 2.85 mm. 2.75 to 3.40 mm.
missile accel off rail: 200 to 900 m./sec./sec.
Notes:The R-73 ("Archer"/AA-11) third generation highly-maneuverable missile that has become the world's foremost IR guided dogfight missile. The Vympel R-73 is now operational with the MiG-23MLA (Flogger K) and all models of the MiG-29 (Fulcrum) and Su-27 (Flanker). All of these aircraft incorporate helmet mounted sighting systems. The R-73 has been designed to be fitted on new attack helicopter types such as the Mi-28 (Havoc) and the Ka-50 (Hokum). It is a lock-on before launch with gymbol limits exceeding 40° during acquisition and 70° off boresight after lock. It is of basic aluminum alloy construction (axial-symmetric cruciform scheme with small elongated tailfins) with the following component sections: seeker, aero-rudder actuators, autopilot, prox-fuze, warhead, solid-propellant motor, aero-surfaces, and thrust vectoring control vanes. The unique combination aero and exhaust-gas maneuver control represents the world's first operational thrust vector missile providing an exceptional maneuver capability during the powered flight phase. Fixed stabilizers and AOA transducers are installed in the nose just aft of the seeker before fixed canard control surfaces. During the high impulse solid-rocket motor burn, the missile is controlled by the canards, joined in pairs on each control channel and by the four in-flow jet exhaust vanes which also work in pairs. The fixed tail-fins have ailerons on their trailing edges mechanically coupled to each other for roll stabilization. After motor burn out, and there is no indication of post boost cruise burn, missile control is provided only by the aerodynamic surfaces. All of the missiles gas actuators are feed by a power pressure accumulator that bleeds overboard and is estimated to be of a lower pressure then Western missiles due to reduced aerodynamic loadings on the optimized control surfaces. There is a 7.4 kg. (16.3 lbs.) rod-type warhead fitted with a dual active-radar proximity and contact fuze. The R-73 is fited to a common launcher rail that holds an internal cooling bottle.
The R-73 seeker is capable of being fired without any limitations of "G", "AOA", or aircraft attitude. The seeker-head can be cued to the target by matching the look angle of the locked up aircraft radar and/or IRST, or the sighting line of the pilot's eye through the helmet sight. Guidance to the intercept point is performed according to proportional navigation methods. The missile can engage targets maneuvering up to 12 G's. The minimum and maximum intercept ranges against non-maneuvering targets are published as 300 meters (984 feet) to 30 kilometers (16.4 NM). There has been a lot of press about a possible rear-firing air-to-air missile and Sukhoi released information about a reversed missile pylon for the R-27T ("Alamo B" AA-10b) IR short-burn version. The R-73 appears to have a better aero-chance because of its variable control exhaust jet vanes. Applications are being directed at bombers, transports, and deep strike aircraft.
R-77 (AA-12) "PBB-AE/PBB-AE" Missile Family:
R-77 ` AA-12 AAM-AE (PBB-AE) AKU-170 launch pylon
R-77M AA-12 mod PD - longer range version
R-77 AA-12 mod IR Imaging seeker
R-77E AA-12 mod possible ARM variant
purpose: long range autonomous air
interception against bombers, fighters,
cruise missiles, PGM's, and other missiles design
design bureau: The Spetztekhnika Group that includes
NOVATOR Experimental Machine
first seen: the AAM-AE was displayed at the MosAeroshow '92 and the Zhukovsky Flight Research Institute. In 1993 the missile was show at the Paris Air Show and at the Machulishche Military Display near Kiev
first delivered IOC: 1992
propulsion: single regime PATT solid propellant rocket, can be made larger guidance/seeker: inertial way-point, datalink update, active radar terminal
speculated anti-radiation growth capability
speculation IR multi-window growth capability
control surface: 4 x elongated cruciform wings aft
of the missiles CG
4 x movable tail-mounted grid-fins
length 3.6 m. (11.8 ft)
diameter 200 mm. (10 in)
wingspan: 40 cm. (15.75 in.)
rudder span: 70 cm. (27.56 in.)
launch mass/weight: 175 kg. (386 lbs.)
warhead mass/wt: 35 kg. rod plus multi-cumulative
fuzing: laser-proximity
max range head-on: 100 km. (54.7 NM.)
max range tail-on: 300 m. (984 ft.)
extended envelope: 150+ km (93 mi) for use against AWACS targets
max speed of target: 3700 kph (2023 knots)
max G of target: 12
Notes:Work on the R-77 began in 1982, and the work was considered quite significant and secret since it represented their first fully multi-purpose missile for both tactical and strategic aircraft for fire-and-forget employment against everything from hovering helicopters to high speed, low altitude aircraft. Gennadiy Sokolovski, Vympel Design Bureau General Designer, said that the R-77 can be used also against medium and long range air-to-air missiles such as the AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-54 PHOENIX as well as SAM's such as the PATRIOT. Latest generation fighters are to utilize the R-77 from internal carriage where the control fins and surfaces will fold flat until the missile is catapulted clear of the aircraft for motor ignition.
The Russian AAM-AE (R-77) "AMRAAMski" [Russian RVV-AE, RVV-AE] is a new air-to-air missile that had its first delivery to fighter units in late 1992 as the AAM-AE. It continues in series production. It is designed to be used against aircraft, cruise missiles, surface-to-air missiles, and air-to-air missiles.
The AAM-AE (R-77) incorporates an active radar seeker and is described as an all-aspect, all-weather, fire-and-forget weapon that can be employed in a countermeasure environment. The missile's 20 centimeter diameter does give it a large radar cross section which is further enhanced with its four tail-mounted grid-fins.
One of the R-77's most interesting features is its grid-type control surfaces. Sokolovski said that the development for this control concept took three years of theoretical work and testing. Drag and radar "signature" are more pronounced than might be expected from conventional surfaces, but the supersonic performance outweighs the drawbacks. The density of the grid, which allows for numerous aero-surfaces to fly in the relative wind, the total surface area is increased providing better maneuverability for less weight and size.
During the initial flight phase after launch, the R-77 is controlled by an inertial auto pilot with occasional data link updates from the launch aircraft's radar on changes in spatial position or G of the target. During the terminal phase, the missile shifts to an active-radar mode. Over short distances, the missile will launch in an active mode. The host radar system maintains computed target information in case the target breaks the missile's lock-on. If the seeker is jammed, it switches automatically to a passive mode and homes on the source of jamming (HOJ).
In another version of the R-77, a terminal IR homing seeker is offered. It is not the already The use of IR tracking in the terminal mode might be logical because at the extended ranges the data link between the launch fighter and the missile might be interrupted, or the host radar may not detect jamming. The R-77 has a laser fuze and an exploding rod (bar) warhead that is capable of destroying the variable sized targets from other missiles and PGM's to bombers (AW&ST, 24Aug92, pg 62 and JDW, 27Nov93, pg26-27).
R-77 mod (extended range AA-12) "HDD-FT-KL / HDD-FT-KL"
R-77 mod integral rocket-ramjet motor with four long intakes in-line
with tail control surfaces and could attaion ranges of 100-150 km
Surface-to-Air (SAM) variant under consideration
The PD/PD is for povyshenoy dalnosti = extended range
Notes:The R-77M, would be directed against intermediate ranged targets. Older model aircraft with their older radars are supposed to be capable of incorporating the R-77 missiles. The R-77M is considered to be a combined rocket/ramjet propulsion holding the official designation of RVV-AE-PD. The PD is for povyshenoy dalnosti, which is for "improved range" which is considered around 160km. Even a more advanced variant, with a larger booster for perhaps a surface-to-air role, designated the R-77E, which could be exported, is being considered.
Appendix B: Air-to-Ground Weapons for the MiG-29
KAB-500Kr
purpose: PGM export TV guided weapon
guidance: TV/EO guided, lock before launch
length: 3.05 m
weight: 560 kg
altitude band: 500 - 5000 m
release speed: 550 - 1100 kph
average CEP: 4 m
KAB-1500Kr
purpose: PGM export weapon
guidance: TV/EO guided, lock before launch
length: 3.05 m
weight: 1100 kg
warhead wt:
altitude band: 500 - 5000 m
release speed: 550 - 1100 kph
average CEP: 2 to 20 m
KAB-1500L / 1500F / 1500L-PR
purpose: PGM export weapon, destruction of stationary ground targets like military/industrial bunkers & reinforced concrete shelters
guidance: Semi-active Laser Guided Bomb
production: 1992
length: 4.6 m
diameter: 580 mm
tail span: 850 mm folded
1300 mm open
weight: 1500L @ 1500 kg
1500F @ 1500 kg
1500L-PR @ 1560 kg
warhead type: 1500L/F @ Blast
1500L-PR @ Blast-Piercing
launch altitude: 1000 to 5000 m
release speed: 550 to 1000 kph
average CEP: 7-10 m
penetration: soil @ 10-20 m
reinforced concrete @ 2 m
KAB-500R
purpose: PGM export weapon, destruction of stationary ground targets like military/industrial bunkers & reinforced concrete shelters
guidance: IR Guided Bomb
production: 1992
length: 4.6 m
diameter: 580 mm
tail span: 850 mm folded
1300 mm open
weight: 1500L @ 1500 kg
1500F @ 1500 kg
1500L-PR @ 1560 kg
warhead type: 1500L/F @ Blast
1500L-PR @
Blast-Piercing
launch altitude: 1000 to 5000 m
release speed: 550 to 1000 kph
average CEP: 7-10 m
penetration: soil @ 10-20 m
reinforced concrete
@ 2 m
KAB-500KRU
purpose: PGM export weapon
guidance: laser guided bomb, lock
before launch
length: 1.83 m
weight: 560 kg
warhead wt: 85 kg
altitude band: 500 - 5000 m
release speed: 550 - 1100 kph
average CEP: 4 m
Kh-25ML AS-10a "KAREN"
Kh-25MR AS-10b
Kh-25T AS-10c
purpose: semi-active
laser/optical/RF/command guided ASM
guidance: Kh-25ML Laser Spot Tracking
Command Guidance
Kh-25MR Radio (RF)
Command Guidance
Kh-25T EO/TV
optical guidance
Kh-25 Imaging IR
guidance
developed: in the late 1960's
length: 3.80 m (13.35 ft)
span: 2.63 ft
diameter: 10.75 in
total wt: 300 kg (660 lbs)
warhead wt: 90 kg (198 lbs)
max speed: 860 m/sec, 2.35 Mach
max range: Kh-25ML 1.3 to 12.5 miles
Kh-25MR 1.3 to
6.0 miles
altitude band: 100-15000 m
aircraft: MiG-23/27, Su-22,
Su-30/33/34/35, Su-25, and Su-24
(onboard laser
designator on nose of Su-25T)
Kh-25MP AS-12 "KEGLER"
Kh-25MP anti-radiation (ARM) variant of the AS-10 KAREN
length 14.29 ft
span 2.63 ft
diameter 10.75 in
total weight 660 lbs
Warhead Wt 198 lbs
Max Mach 2.35
Max Range 1.3 to 20.0 miles
Kh-59 AS-13 "KINGBOLT"
purpose: extended range pilot guided PGM to
supplement short range AS-10
guidance: EO/TV Guided weapon with the ARK-9
Data Link Pod
propulsion: two-stage solid propellant rocket motor
developed: in 1970's
length: 17.71 ft
span: 4.10 ft
diameter: 15.00 in
total weight: 660 lbs (1765 lbs)
warhead wt: 330 lbs
max speed: 2.35 Mach
max range: 1.25 to 125 miles (37 miles)
aircraft: Su-22, Su-24, Su-25, Su-30/34/35, M
iG-29M/S
Kh-29TE AS-14a "KEDGE"
Kh-29T AS-14b
Kh-29L AS-14c
Kh-29ML AS-14d
guidance: interchangable laser spot/electro-optical tracking heads host aircraft would require a laser designation system or a cockpit video CRT
Kh-29T/TE with EO/TV Guided
Kh-29L with Semi-active
Laser Guided
Kh-29MP with Passive Radar
Homing
design:
manufacture:
IOC: 1982
length: 3.9 m (12.79 ft)
diameter: 15.75 in
span: 3.60 ft
weight: Kh-29TE @ 690 kg (1520 lbs)
Kh-29T @ 680 kg (1500 lbs)
Kh-29L @ 660 kg (1455 lbs)
Kh-29MP @ 680 kg (1500 lbs)
warhead wt: 320 kg (250 kg GP bomb as warhead)(705 lbs)
max range: 1.85 ro 18.5 miles
launch alt: 650 to 16,400 ft
max speed: 2.35 Mach
aircraft: MiG-23/27, Su-30/33/34/35, Su-24,
Su-25, MiG-29M, F-1 Mirage
Kh-31A mod 1 AS-17a "KRYPTON A"
Kh-31A mod 2 AS-17b "KRYPTON B"
Kh-31P mod 1 AS-17c "KRYPTON C"
Kh-31P mod 2 AS-17d "KRYPTON D"
Kh-31X AA- "KRYPTON E"
purpose: Kh-31A mod 1: antiship missile
with active radar seeker
Kh-31A mod 2: extended
range version of mod 1
Kh-31P mod 1:
antiradiation missile with passive radar seeker
Kh-31P mod 2: extended
range variant of mod 1
guidance: Kh-31A mod 1: inertial point with
active radar terminal seeker
Kh-31A mod 2: inertial
point with active radar terminal seeker
Kh-31P mod 1: inertial
point with passive radar seeker
Kh-31P mod 2: inertial
point with passive radar seeker
designer: ZVEZDA Missile Industry of
Spetztekhnika Group
manufacture: STRELA
propulsion: integral rocket booster with ramjet
sustainer (4-inlets disposed around
the body, 12° AOA limit)
First seen: Dubai 1991
length: Kh-31A mod 1 4.7 m. (15.42 ft.)
Kh-31A mod 2 5.23m. (17.17 ft.)
Kh-31P mod 1 4.7 m. (15.42 ft.)
Kh-31P mod 2 5.23 m. (17.17 ft.)
span: 1.15 m. (3.77 ft.)
diameter: 30.96 cm. (12.19 in.)
weight: Kh-31P @ 650 kg (1433 lbs)
Kh-31A @ 600 kg (1323 lbs.)
warhead wt: 90 kg. Blast Frag. (198 lbs.)
range: Kh-31A mod 1 @ 05 to 50 km. (3 to 31 miles)
Kh-31A mod 2 @ 05 to 69 km. (3 to 43 miles)
Kh-31P mod 1 @ 10 to 150 km. (6 to 93 miles)
Kh-31P mod 2 @ 10 to 200 km. (6 to 125 miles)
profile: considered to high cruise 40,000 ft. @ 5.0 Mach
launch alt: 165 to 49,200 ft
speed: 2.9 Mach with terminal impact speed of >1.0 Mach
aircraft: MiG-27, MiG-29/33, Su-30/33/34/35,
Su-25, Su-24, Su-22
exports: Cuba (1992)
Kh-35 AS-20/SS-N-25 "HARPOONSKI"
purpose: low altitude subsonic cruise, anti-ship standoff missile air-launched & surface-launched versions
design/manufacture: joint development with East Germany & Zvezda OKB
first seen: December 1988, East German Navy Sassnitz fast attack boat in Baltic, August 1992, Zhukovskiy Show in Moscow
guidance: inertial on 1st leg, with
both active radar and IR/thermal imaging
terminal at 5 to 10 meters over the water
propulsion: boosted launch to air-breathing turbofan
length: 3.75 m. (12.29 ft.)
diameter: 41.9 cm. (16.50 in.)
span: 1.3 m. (4.27 ft.)
weight: 600 kg. (1060 lbs.)
warhead wt: 145 kg. HE Blast (320 lbs.)
speed: 485 km/hr, 0.95 to 1.05 Mach
range: 5 to 130 km. (3 to 80 miles)
launch height: 200 to 5000 m. (650 to 16,400 ft.)
aircraft utilized on: MiG-29M/K, Su-27/30/33/34, Su-24, Su-25KT,
and all bomber platforms (Tu-142M) & attack helicopters
variants: surface-to-surface armament for ships,
shore-based combat vehicles and as a target of the Harpoon type
Appendix:
LFI "Legkiy Frontovoy Istrebityel "
(Light Frontline Fighter Project)
LRMI "Mnogofunkstsionalniy dalniy perevkhvatchik "
(Long-Range Multi-Role Interceptor)
MFI "Mnogufunktsionalnny fronlovoi istrebitel "
(Multi-Functional Front-line Fighter)
MiG Design Bureau named for Anushavan "Artyom" Ivanovich Mikoyan
(05Aug1905-09Dec1970). and Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich
(12Jan1893-12Nov1976)
MiG-MAPO Joint MiG and MAPO Design, Production, Support, Training,
Upgrades, and Refurbishment Consortium
TsAGI Central Aero & Hydrodynamics Institute
VPK-MAPO Joint Stock Defense Industrial Consortium
End of study
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