Kaliningrad K-8
| Bisnowat K-8 (R-8 or AA-3 / A "Anab") | |
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| General Information | |
| Type | tactical air-to-air guided missile |
| Manufacturer | Kaliningrad / Design Office (OKB) Bisnowat |
| development | 1955 |
| Commissioning | 1961 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 4.18 m |
| diameter | 275 mm |
| Combat weight | 275 kg |
| span | 1220 mm |
| drive | Solid rocket |
| speed | Do 2 |
| Range | 23 km |
| Furnishing | |
| Target location | Infrared (K-8MT), semi-active radar (K-8MR) |
| Warhead | 40 kg |
| Weapon platforms | Fighter planes |
| Lists on the subject | |
The Kaliningrad K-8 (Isdelije 24R) is a Soviet air-to-air missile with the NATO designation AA-3 "Anab" .
history
The development of the missile designed for medium ranges began in 1955. There were versions with infrared guidance as well as those with semi-active radar guidance. In 1961 the version R-8M (better known as R-98 ) was introduced. The last version was called R-98M1 (NATO ' Advanced Anab' ) and was used from 1973. This was the main weapon system in the Su-15 and Jak-28 fighters . It remained in use until these aircraft were decommissioned in the early 1990s.
On September 1, 1983, a fired Su-15 two missiles of this type on a Boeing 747-200 of Korean Airlines . This then crashed into the sea west of the island of Sakhalin , killing all 269 occupants (see Korean Airlines flight 007 ).
variants
- K-8R (AA-3 "Anab")
- R-8R first radar-guided production version
- K-8T (AA-3 "Anab")
- R-8T first infrared controlled serial version
- K-8MR (AA-3 "Anab")
- R-8MR improved radar-guided production version
- K-8MT (AA-3 "Anab")
- R-8MT improved infrared guided series version
- K-8M1R (AA-3 "Anab")
- R-8M1R improved radar-guided production version
- K-8M1T (AA-3 "Anab")
- R-8M1T improved infrared guided production version
- K-98R (AA-3A "Anab")
- R-98R improved radar-guided production version
- K-98T (AA-3A "Anab")
- R-98T improved infrared guided production version
- K-98MR (AA-3A "Anab")
- R-98MR improved radar-guided production version
- K-98MT (AA-3A "Anab")
- R-98MT improved infrared guided production version
Carrier aircraft
- Jakowlew Jak-27K-8 ("Mangrove")
- Jakowlew Jak-28P ("Brewer")
- Sukhoi Su-11 ("Fishpot-C")
- Sukhoi Su-15TM ("Flagon")
