| Raduga K-9 | |
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K-9 prototype missile |
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| Type | short-range air-to-air missile |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Raduga |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 245 kilograms (540 lb) |
| Length | 4.5 meters (14 ft 9 in) |
| Diameter | 250 millimeters (9.8 in) |
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| Warhead | 27 kilograms (60 lb) |
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| Engine | two-stage solid-fuel rocket engine |
| Wingspan | 1.6 meters (5 ft 3 in) |
| Operational range |
9 kilometers (5.6 mi) |
| Speed | 5,040 kilometers per hour (3,130 mph) |
| Guidance system |
SARH |
| Accuracy | no more than 55% |
| Launch platform |
Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-152A |
The Raduga K-9 (NATO reporting name AA-4 'Awl') was a long-range air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s. It was designed by MKB Raduga, a division of aircraft maker Mikoyan-Gurevich. The K-9 was also known as the K-155, and would apparently have had the service designation R-38. It was intended to arm the Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-152A (NATO reporting name 'Flipper'), an experimental high speed twin-engine aircraft, predecessor to the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 'Foxbat'. When the Ye-152A was shown at Tushino in 1961, a prototype of the K-9 missile was displayed with it.[1]
Neither the 'Flipper' nor the 'Awl' ever entered production.[2]