At the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon held in Zhukovsky, JSC " Tactical Missile Armament Corporation "(KTRV) for the first time presented an upgraded version of its high-precision air-to-surface guided missile X-59MK, which received the designation X-59MKM. The rocket was developed by JSC "State Machine-Building Design Bureau "Raduga" named after A. Ya.Bereznyak, which is part of the KTRV.
The upgraded high-precision air-to-surface guided missile X-59MKM for hitting fixed solid ground targets with pre-known coordinates, developed by JSC Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV), is on display at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon. Zhukovsky, July 2021 (c) Mikhail Zherdev
The X-59MKM missile is equipped with a penetrating warhead and is designed to hit fixed, solid ground targets with pre-known coordinates.
The X-59MKM rocket uses an original design of a tandem penetrating warhead with a main penetrating charge weighing 320 kg and a pre-charge with a total weight of 40 kg, consisting of a package of four cumulative elements. To guide the missile, the SNAU-59MK-02 navigation and automatic control system is used, presumably using inertial-satellite guidance, while the QUO of 10 meters is declared. There is no homing head in the nose of the presented rocket layout.
The launch mass of the X-59MKM rocket is 930 kg, the length is 5.7 m, the wingspan is 1.3 m. The rocket is equipped with a turbojet engine, the flight speed is 900-1050 km/h, the flight altitude is from 15 m to 2000 m. The official maximum flight range is 285 km (perhaps this range is specified for an export sample and is limited by the limits of the MTCR). The rocket can be launched at a flight altitude of the carrier aircraft from 200 to 11000 m.
The upgraded high-precision air-to-surface guided missile X-59MKM for hitting fixed solid ground targets with pre-known coordinates, developed by JSC Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV), is on display at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon. Zhukovsky, July 2021 (c) Mikhail Zherdev
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