.jpg "Tu-16K Long-ranger bomber-missile carrier. First flight: 1952 © Konstantinos Panitsidis")
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NATO reporting name: Badger
Izdeliye “Н”
Side “53 Red”
Subsonic long-range bomber carrier of cruise missiles of the K-10S "Kometa-10" type, developed on the basis of the Tu-16 with a modernized airframe for the RD16-15 engines (the engine was a modification of the RD-3M with an increase in thrust up to 11.300 kgf) with an increased flight range . In total, three Tu-16 aircraft were converted to the level of Tu-16K. The tests were successful, but did not go into production.
Supersonic ant-ship missile K-10S
NATO reporting name: AS-2 Kipper
Izdeliye 352
K-10S “Kometa-10”
K-10S “Kometa-10” (AS-2 Kipper): The anti-ship missile first entered service in 1958 and was withdrawn from service in 1979.
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Technical specifications
| DESIGNER | OKB Tupolev |
| COUNTRY | Russia |
| TYPE |
Long-ranger bomber-missile carrier
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| CREW | 6 |
| POWER-PLANT | Two turbojet engines RD-3M (RD16-15) |
| Thrust, kgf | 2x7.200 (2x11.300) |
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DIMENSIONS
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Length, m
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34,80
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Height, m
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9,85
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Wing span, m
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32,99
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Wing area, m2
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164,65
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| WEIGHT | |
| Maximum take-off, kg | 76.000 |
| Normal take-off, kg | 55.000 |
| Empty aircraft, kg | 37.200 |
| Permissible landing weight, kg | 47.000 |
| Internal fuel, l | 37.230 |
| - with a normal takeoff weight of 72.000 kg, kg | 34.360 |
| Warload, kg | |
| - in standard configuration | 3.000 |
| - maximum | 9.000 |
| PERFORMANCE | |
| Maximum speed, km/h | 1.020 |
| Cruising speed, km/h | 850 |
| Range, km | 5.800 |
| Combat range, km | 3.150 |
| Service ceiling, m | 13.000 |
| Runway, m | 1.500-1.800 |
| Maximum overload, g | - |
| ARMAMENT | 4 or 7x23 mm cannons AM-23. Transportation of aerial bombs, FAB-500, FAB-9000 as well as nuclear weapons, in the internal compartment and on the external pylons (air-to-surface missile, anti-ship missiles). |
Photos Tu-16K Badger
