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{{Short description|Soviet cruise and anti-ship missile}}
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[[Image:Raduga KSR-5 VVS museum.jpg|thumb|310px|Tu-16 with KSR-5 under wing]]
[[Image:Tu-16K.jpg|thumb|310px|Tu-16K with a missile under each wing]]
[[Image:Tu-16 Badger G.jpg|thumb|310px|Tu-16 'Badger-G' with KSR-5 under port wing]]
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The '''Raduga Kh-26 KSR-5''' ([[NATO reporting name]] '''AS-6 Kingfish''') was a long-range,  [[air-launched cruise missile]] and [[anti-ship missile]] developed by the [[Soviet Union]]. 
It was essentially a scaled down version of the [[Kh-22]] 'Kitchen', built to be carried by the less capable [[Tu-16]].

==Variants==
The Raduga KSR-5 was developed in variants to be deployed as a land attack missile and an anti-ship missile. The missile was designed to be fitted with either a conventional or [[nuclear warhead]].

==Operational history==
The Raduga KSR-5 was deployed aboard such Soviet aircraft as the [[Tupolev Tu-16]] 'Badger' in Tu-16K-26, Tu-16KSR-2-5, and Tu-16KSR-2-5-11 variants, as well as the [[Tu-22M]] Backfire.
Post 1991 with the retirement of the Badger, the KSR-5 warstock was converted into supersonic targets.

==Operators==
===Former===
*{{BLR}}<ref name="Lennox">{{cite book |editor1-last=Lennox |editor1-first=Duncan |title=Jane's Air-Launched Weapons |date=1997 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Surrey |edition=35th |chapter=AS-6 'Kingfish' (KSR-5/11 and Kh-26)}}</ref>
*{{RUS}} − Most were converted for missile target practice<ref name="Lennox" />
*{{USSR}} − Passed on to successor states<ref name="Lennox" />
*{{UKR}}<ref name="Lennox" />

==Specifications==

* '''Length''': {{convert|10|m|ft|abbr=on}}
* '''Wingspan''': {{convert|2.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}
* '''Diameter''': {{convert|0.9|m|ft|abbr=on}}
* '''Launch weight''': {{convert|4000|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
* '''Speed''': {{convert|3.5|Mach|mph km/h km/s|1}}
* '''Range''': {{convert|300|-|700|km|mi nmi|abbr=on}}
* '''Guidance''': [[inertial guidance]], optional [[mid-course update]] via [[data link]], terminal [[active radar homing]] or [[passive radar]] homing
* '''Warhead''': {{convert|1000|kg|lb|abbr=on}} high explosive or 350&nbsp;kt nuclear

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|last=Gordon|first=Yefim|title=Soviet/Russian Aircraft Weapons Since World War Two|year=2004|location=Hinckley, England|publisher=Midland Publishing|isbn=1-85780-188-1}}
*{{cite magazine|last=Healey|first=John K.|title=Retired Warriors: 'Cold War' Bomber Legacy |magazine=[[Air Enthusiast]] |date=January–February 2004|issue=109 |pages=75–79 |issn=0143-5450}}

==External links==
* [http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/as-6.htm Federation of American Scientists page on the KSR-5 missile]
* [http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-Rus-Cruise-Missiles.html#mozTocId753021 Air Power Australias web page]

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[[Category:Nuclear cruise missiles of the Soviet Union]]
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