Kh-28 vs PL-5: Specs Compared

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AMissiles

Kh-28

air-launched anti-radiation missile

BMissiles

PL-5

Short-range air-to-air missile

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Kh-28Length

5.97 m

Length source ↗

PL-5PL-5B, PL-5C

3.128 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Measured figures

Head to head

13 of 46 rows sourced on both sides

5.97m

3.13mPL-5B, PL-5C

Length

All recorded figures & sources

5.97 m

Length

Single source

597 cm (19 ft 7 in)^[source]

3.128 m

PL-5B, PL-5C

Single source

Configuration

Details

Kh-28 and PL-5 configuration
Specification	Kh-28	PL-5
Speed	Mach 3.0^[source]	Mach 2.5^[source]
Type	air-launched anti-radiation missile^[source]	Short-range air-to-air missile^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	China^[source]
In service	1973–current^[source]

Used by	FSU, Warsaw Pact, India, Iraq, Vietnam^[source]	—

Designer	Alexander Yakovlevich Bereznyak^[source]	—

Manufacturer	MKB Raduga^[source]	Luoyang Electro-Optics Technology Development Centre (EOTDC), Hanzhong Nanfeng Machine Factory^[source]

Warhead	Blast fragmentation^[source]	6kg blast-frag , or expanding rod (RF-fuse)^[source]

Engine	Two-stage liquid-fuel rocket^[source]	Solid-fuel rocket^[source]

Guidance system	Inertial guidance with passive radar seeker^[source]	Infrared homing , multi-element, dual band detector(PL-5EII)^[source]

Launch platform	Su-17M/Su-20/Su-22M, Su-24M, Tu-16, MiG-25BM, MiG-27, Tu-22M^[source]	Aircraft, helicopter gunships^[source]

Former operator · Soviet Union	Soviet Union^[source]	—

Former operator · Afghanistan	Afghanistan^[source]	—

Former operator · Hungary	Hungary^[source]	—

Former operator · Iraq	Iraq^[source]	—

Former operator · Peru	Peru^[source]	—

Former operator · Poland	Poland^[source]	—

Former operator · South Yemen	South Yemen^[source]	—

Produced	—	1982^[source]

Detonation mechanism	—	Active infrared , laser proximity fuse(PL-5EII)^[source]

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