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NATO Designation AS-16 "Kickback"
| Entered service in | 1988 |
| Range | 150 km |
| Weight | 1 200 kg |
| Weight of warhead | 150 kg |
| Type of warhead | nuclear 100 ktons |
| Speed | 5 400 km/h (5 M) |
| Guidance | internal + active radar |
| Length | 4.78 m |
| Carried by | Tu-95, Tu-22M, Tu-160 bombers |
| The Kh-15 air-to-surface missile, known as AS-16 "Kickback" with NATO countries was developed by Soviet Union and was intended to defeat ground targets with it's nuclear warhead. Basic variant of this missile is completed with a nuclear warhead. Other variants based on the same air-to-surface missile are the Kh-15A (unknown type and purpose), Kh-15P anti-radar missile, Kh-15S high-explosive missile (other sources claim, that the Kh-15S is a dedicated anti-ship missile). |
