KD-88
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KD-88 | |
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Type | Medium-range air-to-surface missile |
Place of origin | China |
Service history | |
In service | late 1990s to present[citation needed] |
Used by | China |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Hongdu Aviation Industry Corporation |
Produced | Since late 1990s |
Specifications | |
Mass | 0.6 ton |
Length | 4.7 meter |
Diameter | 0.3602 meter |
Warhead | 165 kg warhead |
Detonation mechanism | Semi-armor-piercing and other |
Engine | ramjet |
Propellant | liquid fuel |
Operational range | 200 km[1] |
Maximum speed | Mach 3.5 |
Guidance system | ARH / PRH |
Launch platform | Air & (possible) submerged |
KD-88 (Kongdi-88) is an anti-ship missile built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). Its export version is called TL-7. It can be launched from fighter aircraft (JH-7), ground-based units, and ships. Features turbojet engine with cruising speeds of 0.8-0.85 Mach and a range of 180 km (110 miles). Warhead weighs 320 kg.[2] Originally thought to have been derived from the C-802/YJ-82 family of anti-ship missiles, it can now be said that KD-88/TL-7 was designed to compete with that family of missiles. [3]
References
- ^ https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/kd-88.htm.
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