The missile is guided by command and control system. Today, laser or infrared may not safe, only stealth missile would be safe enough. Missile is more expensive compared to bomb, why because bomber is stealth. Stealth technology is nuclear-power application. nuclear is uranium power, no fuel.
Example of its cost
Example of its cost
Kh-35 (NATO reporting name: AS-20 'Kayak') 3M24 Uran (SS-N-25 'Switchblade') 3K60 Bal (SSC-6 'Sennight') | |
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Type | air-to-surface, surface-to-surface missile |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | 2003 |
Used by | Russia |
Wars | no evidence of combat use as of now |
Production history | |
Designer | Zvezda |
Designed | 1983-2003 |
Manufacturer | Tactical Missiles Corporation |
Unit cost | $500 000 (2010)[1] |
Produced | 1996 for export, 2003 for Russia |
Specifications | |
Weight | 520 kg (1,150 lb)[2] 610 kg (1,340 lb)[2] (heli version) |
Length | 385 cm (152 in)[2] 440 cm (173 in)[2] (heli version) |
Diameter | 42.0 cm (16.5 in)[2] |
Warhead | HE shaped charge |
Warhead weight | 145 kg (320 lb)[2] |
Engine | turbofan 450 kgf |
Wingspan | 133 cm (52.4 in)[2] |
Propellant | kerosene |
Operational
range | 130 km (70 nmi) |
Flight altitude | 10-15 m en route and about 4 m at terminal area |
Speed | Mach 0.8 |
Guidance
system | inertial and ARGS-35E X band active radar[3] |
Launch
platform | MiG-29M, MiG-29K, Su-27SM, Su-30, Su-34, Ka-27[2] |
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