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Kh-59 Ovod(NATO reporting name: AS-13 'Kingbolt')Kh-59M Ovod-M (AS-18 'Kazoo')
Kh-59MK2 at MACS 2009
Type	air-to-surface missileanti-shipping missile
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1991-current
Used by	Russia,China, India
Production history
Designer	Raduga
Manufacturer	Tactical Missiles Corporation
Specifications
Mass	930 kg (2,050 lb)[1]
Length	570 cm (220 in) [1]
Diameter	38.0 cm (15.0 in) [1]
Warhead	Cluster or shaped-charge fragmentation[1]
Warhead weight	320 kg (705 lb) [2]
Engine	Kh-59 :two-stage rocketKh-59ME :rocket then turbofan
Wingspan	130 cm (51.2 in) [1]
Operationalrange	Kh-59ME(export) :115 km (62 nmi)[1]Kh-59ME : 200 km (110 nmi)Kh-59MK : 285 km (150 nmi)
Maximum speed	Mach 0.72-0.88[1]
Guidancesystem	inertial (then TV-guided), millimeter wave radar seeker (Kh-59MK, Kh-59MK2 land attack version)[3]
Launchplatform	Kh-59ME :Su-30MK[1]Kh-59 : Su-24M, MiG-27, Su-17M3/22M4, Su-25 and Su-30[4]

The Kh-59 Ovod (Russian: Х-59 Овод 'Gadfly'; AS-13 'Kingbolt') is a Russian TV-guided cruise missile with a two-stage solid-fuel propulsion system and 115 km range. The Kh-59M Ovod-M (AS-18 'Kazoo') is a variant with a bigger warhead and turbojet engine. It is primarily a land-attack missile but the Kh-59MK variant targets shipping.[3]

Contents

• 1 Development
• 2 Design
• 3 Operational history
• 4 Variants
• 5 Operators
  • 5.1 Former operators
• 6 Similar weapons
• 7 Notes
• 8 References

Development[]

The initial design was based on the Raduga Kh-58 (AS-11 'Kilter'), but it had to be abandoned[citation needed] because the missile speed was too high for visual target acquisition.

Raduga OKB developed the Kh-59 in the 1970s as a longer ranged version of the Kh-25 (AS-10 'Karen'),[5] as a precision stand-off weapon for the Su-24M and late-model Mig-27's.[4] The electro-optical sensors for this and other weapons such as the Kh-29 (AS-14 'Kedge') and KAB-500 Kr bombs were developed by S A Zverev NPO in Krasnogorsk.[5]

It is believed that development of the Kh-59M started in the 1980s.[3] Details of the Kh-59M were first revealed in the early 1990s.[3]

Design[]

The original Kh-59 is propelled by a solid fuel engine, and incorporates a solid fuel accelerator in the tail. The folding stabilizers are located in the front of the missile, with wings and rudder in the rear. The Kh-59 cruises at an altitude of about 7 meters above water or 100-1,000 meters above ground with the help of a radar altimeter. It can be launched at speeds of 600 to 1,000 km/h at altitudes of 0.2 to 11 kilometers and has a CEP of 2 to 3 meters.[2] It is carried on an AKU-58-1 launch pylon.[4]

The Kh-59ME has an external turbofan engine below the body just forward of the rear wings, but retains the powder-fuel accelerator. It also has a dual guidance system consisting of an inertial guidance system to guide it into the target area and a television system to guide it to the target itself.[1]

The 36MT turbofan engine developed for the Kh-59M class of missiles is manufactured by NPO Saturn of Russia.[6] Target coordinates are fed into the missile before launch, and the initial flight phase is conducted under inertial guidance. At a distance of 10 km from the target the television guidance system is activated. An operator aboard the aircraft visually identifies the target and locks the missile onto it.

Operational history[]

Although the original Kh-59 could be carried by the MiG-27, Su-17M3, Su-22M4, Su-24M, Su-25 and Su-30 family if they carried an APK-9 datalink pod, it was only fielded on the Su-24M in Russian service.[4]

Variants[]

• Kh-59 (AS-13 'Kingbolt') - original version with dual solid-fuel rocket engines. First shown in 1991; exported as Kh-59 or Kh-59E.[5]
• Kh-59M (AS-18 'Kazoo') - adds turbojet engine and larger warhead. Range 115 km.[1]
• Kh-59ME - 200 km-range variant offered for export in 1999.[3]
• Kh-59MK - 285 km-range anti-shipping variant with turbofan engine and ARGS-59 active radar seeker.[3]
• Kh-59MK2 - Land attack variant of Kh-59MK (fire-and-forget).[3]
• Kh-59M2 - Kh-59M/Kh-59MK with new TV/IIR seekers, reported in 2004.[3]
• Kh-20 - possible name for nuclear-tipped variant carried by Su-27 family.[3]
• Kh-59L - laser-guided variant that was developed but may not have been deployed. Kh-59T was the parallel name for the TV-guided version that became the basic Kh-59.[4]

Proposed development options for the Kh-59M/ME have included alternative payloads (including cluster munitions) but their current development status is unclear.[4][7]

Operators[]

 Algeria Algerian Air Force  Russia Russian Air Force  India Indian Air Force  Venezuela Venezuelan Air Force  China People's Liberation Army Air Force  Malaysia Malaysia Air Force  Indonesia Indonesian Air Force[8]  Vietnam

Vietnam People's Air Force

Former operators[]

 Soviet Union Soviet Air Force

Similar weapons[]

• AGM-84E/H/K Standoff Land Attack Missile
• AGM-62 Walleye II - TV-guided glide bomb with 83 km range
• Kh-37 variant of Kh-35U (AS-20 'Kayak') - 145 kg warhead, 250 km range
• Kh-58 (AS-11 'Kilter') - Raduga anti-radar missile, 120 km range

Notes[]

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Rosoboronexport Air Force Department and Media & PR Service. "AEROSPACE SYSTEMS export catalogue". Rosoboronexport State Corporation. p. 124. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20110719051914/http://www.rusarm.ru/cataloque/air_craft/aircraft.pdf. 
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Raduga Kh-59 (AS-13 Kingbolt) and Kh-59M (AS-18 Kazoo)". http://personal.inet.fi/cool/foxfour/sovmis/sovmis-as.html. Retrieved 22 December 2008. 
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 "Kh-59M, Kh-59ME Ovod-M (AS-18 'Kazoo')". 2010-12-03. http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Air-Launched-Weapons/Kh-59M-Kh-59ME-Ovod-M-AS-18-Kazoo-Russian-Federation.html. Retrieved 2011-04-28. 
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Kh-59 Ovod (AS-13 'Kingbolt')". 2007-10-24. http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Air-Launched-Weapons/Kh-59-Ovod-AS-13-Kingbolt-Russian-Federation.html. Retrieved 2009-02-03. 
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Kh-59 (AS-13 'Kingbolt'/Ovod)". 2008-09-09. http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Strategic-Weapon-Systems/Kh-59-AS-13-KingboltOvod-Russian-Federation.html. Retrieved 2009-02-03. 
6. ↑ "Saturn military engines for unmanned aerial vehicles". NPO Saturn website. http://www.npo-saturn.ru/?pid=95. Retrieved 28 April 2011. 
7. ↑ Wiebe, Virgil; Titus Peachey (2000). "Clusters of Death". The Mennonite Central Committee Global Report on Cluster Bomb Production and Use. Mennonite Central Committee. http://clusterbombs.mcc.org/clusterbombs/resources/research/death/chapter2.html. Retrieved 28 April 2011. "Also known as the Kh-59M Ovod-M, the AS-18 is modernized version of AS-13 Kingbolt ... The warhead can be either a 705-lb high explosive or 617-lb cluster submunitions." 
8. ↑ 2011 Annual Report of Tactical Missile Corporation, http://bmpd.livejournal.com/290141.html

References[]

• Gordon, Yefim (2004). "Soviet/Russian Aircraft Weapons Since World War Two". Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-188-1. 

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