K-9 (serial index - R-38 , according to the classification of the US Ministry of Defense and NATO - AA-4 Awl ) - Soviet pilot air-to-air guided missile with a seeker fighter-interceptor E-152 , experimental AI Mikoyan Design Bureau ( OKB-155 ) high-speed twin-engine aircraft of the MiG-25 predecessor. It was developed and tested in the late 1950s - early 1960s, was not accepted for service, was not mass-produced.
| K-9 / P-38 | |
|---|---|
| NATO Code: AA-4 Awl | |
 Illustration of K-9. | |
| Type of | Short-range missile defense |
| Status | prototypes |
| Developer |  OKB-134 (1958)Since 1959: OKB-155 |
| Chief Designer | I.I. Toropov (1958) Since 1959: V. G. Korenkov |
| Years of development | 1958 - 1961 |
| Test start | 1961 |
| Adoption | not accepted |
| Manufacturer | |
| Years of production | 1961 |
| Units produced | 26 |
| Modifications | K-9-155 |
| Key Specifications | |
Launch range: 9 km Guidance system: semi-active radar Warhead: 27 kg | |
| β All specifications | |
The K-9 prototype was demonstrated at an air show in Tushino in 1961 simultaneously with the E-152 carrier. [one]
Content
- 1 Performance characteristics
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Performance Specifications
- Weight: 245 kg
- Length: 4.5 m
- Diameter: 250mm
- Wing span: 1.6m
- Flight speed: 1400 m / s
- Range: 9 km
- Engine: single-chamber two-mode RDTT PRD-56
- Mass of solid propellant rocket motor - 103 kg
- Thrust :
- starting mode - 5500 kgf
- cruising mode - 2500-3000 kgf
- Guidance system: all-angle PARL GOS of impulse action TsR-1 + autopilot APTs-18
- GOS weight - 15 kg
- Warhead: high-explosive fragmentation
- Warhead weight - 27 kg
- Fuse: pulsed radio fuse TsRV-1
- Accuracy: up to 55%
- Carriers: E-150 , E-152
Notes
- β Gordon, 2004 , pp. 13-15.
Literature
- Gordon Yefim. Soviet / Russian Aircraft Weapons. Since World War Two. - Hinkley, England: Midland Publishing, 2004 .-- 207 p. - ISBN 1-85780-188-1 .
Links
- K-9 / K-9-155 (product 90, 91, 92, 93) . Aviation Encyclopedia " Corner of the sky ." Date of treatment May 12, 2012. Archived on September 21, 2012.