Kh-38
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The Kh-38/Kh-38M (Russian: Х-38) is a family of air-to-surface missiles meant to succeed the Kh-25 and Kh-29 missile families.
Design and development
The basic configuration of the Kh-38M was revealed at the 2007
Kamov Ka-52K helicopter. The first test firing took place in 2010 from a Su-34, and production was ordered to start in 2015.[3]
In a successive version, unveiled at MAKS 2017, both control surfaces were replaced by longer and narrower fixed ones, a solution similar to the one used in the
]Operational history
The Kh-38M was first used in combat during the
Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war.[3]
It was also used during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.[citation needed]
Variants
- Kh-38MA - inertial, active radar homing[3]
- Kh-38MK - inertial, satellite guidance[3]
- Kh-38ML - inertial, semi-active laser guidance[3]
- Kh-38MT - inertial, imaging infrared guidance[3]
- Kh-36 Grom-E1 - AS-23 tactical cruise missile derivative/AGM with 120 km range[6]
- Kh-36 Grom-E2 - AS-23B/KAB-type guided glide bomb with 50 km range.[7]
Both versions of the Grom are of 600 kg weight, with various guidance mechanisms, and both are created on the basis of the Kh-38M short-range tactical missile and also have modular structures, warheads and seekers. This weapon was first seen at MAKS 2015, and intended to equip all types of fighters, including the
Su-57.[8]
See also
- Kh-25
- AGM-65 Maverick
- Joint Air-to-Ground Missile
- Brimstone
References
- ^ "Russia to test new missiles in Syria later this year". 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Russian MiG-29Ks will employ Kh-38 in Syria – Alert 5".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "[Actu] La bombe guidée 9A-7759 Grom". Red Samovar. 26 June 2018.
- ^ Barrie, Douglas and Komarov, Alexey. "War on Two Fronts for Russia's Missile Builders ". Aviation Week, 10 September 2007. Retrieved: 25 May 2014.
- ^ "MAKS: Tactical Missiles Corporation shows Kh-38 changes - Russian aviation news". 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Airborne guided missile "GROM-E1"". Archived from the original on 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Airborne guided gliding bomb "GROM-E2"". 20 July 2021. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Производитель раскрыл характеристики новейших авиационных средств поражения "Гром"".
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Raduga Kh-38.
- Manufacturer information of the Kh-38
- KTRV finalises development of Grom air-to-surface munition variants