List of NATO reporting names for air-to-surface missiles
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NATO reporting name
for AS series air-to-surface missiles, with Soviet designations:
Note: the Soviet
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n designation is a Cyrillic
letter "Х", which is translated as "Kh" or "H". Also, sometimes a combination ("complex") of a missile with its aircraft is marked with a letter "K" (for example, a missile Kh-22 with an aircraft is a "complex K-22"). It is ironic that the Cyrillic "X" (read "Kh") in the designation of Soviet ASMs is in fact a Latin "X
" ("ecs") for Xperimental, as used by the design bureau. With passing time, however, this was ignored and used in Soviet/Russian as well as foreign literature as the Cyrillic Kh.
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NATO reporting name
NATO reporting names are classified code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc...
for AS series air-to-surface missiles, with Soviet designations:
Note: the Soviet
Soviet Union
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Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n designation is a Cyrillic
Cyrillic alphabet
The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
letter "Х", which is translated as "Kh" or "H". Also, sometimes a combination ("complex") of a missile with its aircraft is marked with a letter "K" (for example, a missile Kh-22 with an aircraft is a "complex K-22"). It is ironic that the Cyrillic "X" (read "Kh") in the designation of Soviet ASMs is in fact a Latin "X
X
X is the twenty-fourth letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet.-Uses:In mathematics, x is commonly used as the name for an independent variable or unknown value. The usage of x to represent an independent or unknown variable can be traced back to the Arabic word šay شيء = “thing,” used in Arabic...
" ("ecs") for Xperimental, as used by the design bureau. With passing time, however, this was ignored and used in Soviet/Russian as well as foreign literature as the Cyrillic Kh.
- AS-1 "Kennel" (KS-1 Kometa)
- AS-2 "Kipper" (K-10S Yen)
- AS-3 "Kangaroo" (H-20)
- AS-4 "Kitchen" (H-22 Burya)
- AS-5 "Kelt" (H-11/KSR-2)
- AS-6 "Kingfish" (H-26/KSR-5)
- AS-7 "Kerry" (H-66, H-23 Grom)
- AS-8 (9M114V Sturm-V)
- AS-9 "Kyle" (H-28)
- AS-10 "Karen" (H-25)
- AS-11 "Kilter" (H-58 Izdeliye)
- AS-12 "Kegler" (H-25MP, H-27PS)
- AS-13Kh-59The Kh-59 Ovod is a Russian TV-guided cruise missile with a two-stage solid-fuel propulsion system and 115 km range. The Kh-59M Ovod-M is a variant with a bigger warhead and turbojet engine...
"Kingbolt" (H-59 Ovod) - AS-14Kh-29The Kh-29 is a Soviet air-to-surface missile with a range of 10–30 km. It has a large warhead of 320 kg, has a choice of laser, infrared, active radar or TV guidance, and is typically carried by tactical aircraft such as the Su-24, Su-30, MiG-29K as well as the "T/TM" models of the...
"Kedge" (H-29) - AS-15 "Kent" (H-55/H-65S Izdeliye)
- AS-16 "Kickback" (H-15)
- AS-17 "Krypton" (H-31)
- AS-18 "Kazoo" (H-59M Ovod-M)
- AS-19 "Koala" (P-750 Grom)
- AS-19 "Koala" (3M25A Meteorit-A)
- AS-20 "Kayak" (H-35/H-37 Uran)
- AS-X-21 (Kh-90 Gela)
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NATO reporting name
NATO reporting names are classified code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc...