Raduga Kh-15
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Raduga Kh-15
The Raduga Kh-15 (
NATO reporting name
AS-16 'Kickback') is
Soviet
/
CIS
short-range
nuclear
missile
carried by
bomber aircraft
. Produced by
MKB Raduga
, it is similar in design and purpose to the
USAF
AGM-69 SRAM
used from 1971 to 1991.Development of the Kh-15 began in the late
1960s
, and it entered service in the early
1980s
, carried by the
Tupolev Tu-22M
and other bombers. Similar in configuration and purpose to SRAM, it is produced in three versions: the Kh-15A, an
anti-ship missile
with active radar homing; the Kh-15P, a
SEAD
version with an
anti-radar
seeker for use against enemy radar sites; and the basic Kh-15 nuclear stand-off missile with
inertial guidance
.
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