Russian aviation has begun to actively use high-precision Kh-38 air-to-surface missiles. Kh-38 missiles can be used by Ka-52 helicopters and fourth- and fifth-generation fighters, most often they are used by Su-34 aircraft. The Kh-38 missile was developed by the Russian Tactical Missile Weapons Corporation in 2012 and is designed to destroy a wide range of targets: from armored vehicles to surface ships. The Kh-38ME family of missiles are modular, they can be equipped with warheads weighing up to 250 kg and various homing heads. Guidance of all missile modifications is combined - on the cruising section, the missile is controlled by an inertial control system, and on the final section of the trajectory it switches to homing.
Kh-38MLE - missiles with laser homing head
Kh-38MKE - missiles with GLONASS navigation
Kh-38MTE - missiles with thermal imaging homing head
Kh-38MAE - missiles with active radar homing head
Based on the results of use, the most effective version, the Kh-38MLE missile, has a laser homing head, the target is usually illuminated by a UAV. The missile can have a penetrating warhead, high-explosive fragmentation, or cluster, modification of the Kh-38MKE. The flight range of the Kh-38 missile is up to 70 km, when launched from an altitude of 12,000 meters. When launched from low altitude to 27 km.
Kh-38MLE - missiles with laser homing head
Kh-38MKE - missiles with GLONASS navigation
Kh-38MTE - missiles with thermal imaging homing head
Kh-38MAE - missiles with active radar homing head
Based on the results of use, the most effective version, the Kh-38MLE missile, has a laser homing head, the target is usually illuminated by a UAV. The missile can have a penetrating warhead, high-explosive fragmentation, or cluster, modification of the Kh-38MKE. The flight range of the Kh-38 missile is up to 70 km, when launched from an altitude of 12,000 meters. When launched from low altitude to 27 km.