Russia, Kh-38 (name, range, launch paramaters)

[claudejdev]

DB Selector

DB3K

Affected DBID(s)

Weapon 3129, 3132, 3651, 3130, 3131

Summary of Changes

Name:

• E suffix can be dropped. All are used by Russian platforms, only.
• I couldn't find an open source that confirms "AS-22" would be it's reporting code. (AS-22 would be for the Kh-59MK2/Kh-69, as per Wikipedia)
• 3651 : [UCAV] could be added to differentiate it from 3132 in the menu, otherwise identical.

Launch Alt

• Min 200 m
• Max 12000 m

Launch Speed

• Min 30 knots
• Max 875 knots

Range

• Min: 1.6 nm (ML 3130 and MT 3131 only, as per roe.ru)

• Max: 21.6 nm

• Max MK 3132 (and 3651?): 43 nm

• IOC: 2016? 2018?

Sources

Butowski, P. (2017). Russia's air-launched weapons: Russian-made aircraft ordnance today. Tigr, Alexander. Modern Air Force of Russia, Russian Aircraft Weapons & Avionics. 2018. Bond, Larry, and Carlson, Chris, and Grining, Peter, [i]Russia’s Aircraft: Russian Military Aircraft 1955 – Present Day[/i], 2021(+err. 2023) https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/kh-38.htm https://roe.ru/eng/catalog/aerospace-systems/air-to-air-missile/kh-38mle/ https://odin.tradoc.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Kh-38_(Kh-38M)_Russian_Air-to-Surface_Missile

AS-22? https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/missile-asm.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NATO_reporting_names_for_air-to-surface_missiles

[KLABDB3K]

Do you mean Kh-38 as in the tactical AGM or kh-28 as in AS-9 Kyle? Also the ASCC AS-22 Kluge had been attributed to the Kh-555 i.e the upgraded Kh-55. This was referred to in a USAF document and in the 2021 2022 IISS Military balance. They have been known to be wrong but.... I will dig out the references in due course but I vaguely recall someone making the name change request under the old system before we went Github.

[claudejdev]

Hey there, thanks for the heads up @KLABDB3K Kh-28 was a typo, I meant Kh-38.

[tbrandon517]

Related

https://www.twz.com/air/our-best-look-at-russias-kh-38-missile-now-being-used-in-ukraine?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2pbd0Ifm1mX3-lHzfbKYEZQggu9Zz0Twdee6J0ADnbNo1Ozc05pMb2tzo_aem_Ad8U7gLc80ISBjj6C0d1wBrZ8Or9fpp27ewKeg1RlFWz_l2h5f0rb4vK3OQ8QZwx6TggJamCZb_l5VgMEDJwdPcF