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Kh-28

Kh-28
(NATO reporting name: AS-9 'Kyle')
USAF EOD specialist disassembles presumed Kh-28 – Iraq 1991
Typeair-launched anti-radiation missile
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
In service1973–current
Used byFSU,[1] Warsaw Pact,[1] India,[1] Iraq,[1] Vietnam[1]
Production history
DesignerAlexander Yakovlevich Bereznyak
ManufacturerMKB Raduga
Specifications
Mass720 kg (1,590 lb)[2]
Length597 cm (19 ft 7 in)[2]
Diameter43 cm (16.9 in)[2]
Wingspan193 cm (6 ft 4.0 in)[2]
WarheadBlast fragmentation[1]
Warhead weight160 kg (353 lb)[2]
EngineTwo-stage liquid-fuel rocket[2]
Operational
range
110 km (59 nmi) [3]
Maximum speed Mach 3.0[2]
Guidance
system
Inertial guidance with passive radar seeker[1]
Launch
platform
Su-17M/Su-20/Su-22M, Su-24M, Tu-16, MiG-25BM, MiG-27, Tu-22M[4]
Presumed Kh-28 emitting IRFNA (Inhibited Red fuming nitric acid) fumes – Iraq, April 1991

The Kh-28 (Russian: Х-28; Nisan-28; NATO: AS-9 'Kyle') was the first Soviet anti-radiation missile (ARM) for tactical aircraft.[1] It entered production in 1973 and is still carried on some Sukhoi Su-22s in developing countries but is no longer in Russian service.[1] Use of the Kh-28 was restricted by its weight, limited seeker head, bulk and fuelling requirements, and it was superseded by the smaller, solid-fuel Kh-58 (AS-11 'Kilter') in the early 1980s.

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