Kh-22 vs Kh-59: Specs Compared

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ACruise & anti-ship missiles

Kh-22

Anti-ship cruise missile Air-to-surface missile

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Антон Бородин · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BCruise & anti-ship missiles

Kh-59

Cruise missile Air-launched cruise missile Air-to-surface missile Anti-ship missile Land-attack missile

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Kh-22Length

11.65 m

Length source ↗

Kh-59Length

5.7 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Kh-22larger figure on 5 of 5

Length+104%
Wingspan+131%
Diameter+142%
Mass

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 24 rows sourced on both sides

11.65m

5.7m

Length+104%

All recorded figures & sources

11.65 m

Length

Single source

11.65 m (38.2 ft)^[source]

5.7 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Kh-22 and Kh-59 configuration
Specification	Kh-22	Kh-59
Type	Anti-ship cruise missile Air-to-surface missile^[source]	Cruise missile Air-launched cruise missile Air-to-surface missile Anti-ship missile Land-attack missile^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Soviet Union / Russia^[source]
In service	1968-present^[source]	1980–current^[source]
Used by	Russia^[source]

Wars	Russo-Ukrainian War Russo-Ukrainian war^[source]	First Chechen War Second Chechen War Russo-Ukrainian War^[source]

Designer	MKB Raduga^[source]	MKB Raduga^[source]

Unit cost	$1 million^[source]	—

Produced	1962^[source]	—

Warhead	1,000 kg (2,205 lb) RDX or 350–1,000 kt (1.5–4.2 PJ) thermonuclear weapon^[source]	Cluster or shaped-charge fragmentation^[source]

Engine	R-201 liquid-fuel rocket^[source]	Kh-59: two-stage rocket Kh-59ME: rocket then R95TP-300 turbojet/turbofan^[source]

Propellant	Tonka-250 and IRFNA^[source]	—

Flight ceiling	10–14 km (33,000–46,000 ft) or 27 km (89,000 ft)^[source]	—

Guidance system	Inertial guidance followed by terminal active radar homing^[source]	Inertial guidance (then TV guidance ), millimeter wave active radar homing (Kh-59MK, Kh-59MK2 land attack version)^[source]