The Russian Kh-38ML air-to-surface guided missile has increased its range from 40 to 70 km. The new version of the product received a more developed X-shaped wing with a 1.7-fold increase in the chord of each plane, said military expert Evgeny Damantsev.
According to the specialist, the missile's wing area has increased. This allows it to maintain the same thrust and operating time while increasing the specific impulse of the dual-mode solid propellant rocket engine (RDTT) to 250–260 seconds. Thanks to this, the missile can accelerate to a speed of 2–2.15 Mach, and then smoothly glide for a longer time. At the final section of the trajectory, the speed will be approximately 270–230 meters per second. An earlier version of the Kh-38ML with a small wing chord almost completely loses control at this speed.
The modular design of the seeker head assumes all-weather use, achieved through the placement of an active radar homing head (ARH) in the X-band for engaging radio-contrast targets, as well as GLONASS/GPS correction modules in the Kh-38MK version for engaging stationary objects without the need to use UAVs with laser rangefinder-target designators.
In addition, the modular design implies increased noise immunity of the Kh-38 missiles with the ability to select a particular seeker head depending on the enemy's countermeasures.
Earlier www1.ru reported that a batch of BMD-4M and BMP-3 with additional protection arrived in the troops. They are supplied together with the equipment and mounted in the units, allowing for the rapid transportation of equipment on standard cargo platforms.
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