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Measured figures
Length
Single source597 cm (19 ft 7 in)[source]
PL-15E
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Kh-28 | PL-15 |
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| Speed | Mach 3.0[source] | Mach 5+[source] |
| Type | air-launched anti-radiation missile[source] | Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | People's Republic of China[source] |
| In service | 1973–current[source] | 2016–present |
399.6 cm (13 ft 1.3 in) (PL-15E)[source]
Warhead weight
Single source160 kg (353 lb)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Used by | FSU, Warsaw Pact, India, Iraq, Vietnam[source] | People's Liberation Army Air Force[source]Operator listed in the retained article; inventory date not specified People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force[source]Operator listed in the retained article; inventory date not specified Pakistan Air Force[source]Operator listed in the retained article; inventory date not specified |
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| Designer | Alexander Yakovlevich Bereznyak[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | MKB Raduga[source] | China Airborne Missile Academy (CAMA)[source] |
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| Warhead | Blast fragmentation[source] | — |
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| Engine | Two-stage liquid-fuel rocket[source] | Dual-pulsed solid-propellant rocket[source] |
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| Guidance system | Inertial guidance with passive radar seeker[source] | Active radar homing[source] |
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| Launch platform | Su-17M/Su-20/Su-22M, Su-24M, Tu-16, MiG-25BM, MiG-27, Tu-22M[source] | J-20 , J-35 , J-10C , J-15T , J-16 , J-11BG , JF-17 Block-3[source] |
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| Former operator · Soviet Union | Soviet Union[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Afghanistan | Afghanistan[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Hungary | Hungary[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Iraq | Iraq[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Peru | Peru[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Poland | Poland[source] | — |
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| Former operator · South Yemen | South Yemen[source] | — |
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