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Kh-28larger figure on 4 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source597 cm (19 ft 7 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Kh-28 | Python (missile) |
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| Speed | Mach 3.0[source] | Mach 4[source] |
| Type | air-launched anti-radiation missile[source] | Short-range air-to-air missile[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Israel[source] |
| In service | 1973–current[source] |
Python (missile)larger figure on 0 of 4
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3.1 metres (10 feet )[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] | See operators[source] |
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| Designer | Alexander Yakovlevich Bereznyak[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | MKB Raduga[source] | Rafael Advanced Defense Systems[source] |
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| Warhead | Blast fragmentation[source] | 11 kg (24 lb 4 oz)[source] |
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| Engine | Two-stage liquid-fuel rocket[source] | solid fuel rocket motor[source] |
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| Guidance system | Inertial guidance with passive radar seeker[source] | infrared homing + 320×240 pixel dual waveband electro-optical imaging seeker, lock on after launch, with infrared counter-counter-measures (IRCCM)[source] |
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| Launch platform | Su-17M/Su-20/Su-22M, Su-24M, Tu-16, MiG-25BM, MiG-27, Tu-22M[source] | Aircraft: BAE Sea Harrier CASA C-101 Aviojet F-4E Kurnass 2000 F-5E/F Tiger-II McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon Dassault Mirage III Dassault Mirage 5 Dassault Mirage 2000 Eurofighter Typhoon IAI Nesher/Dagger/Finder IAI Kfir HAL Tejas KAI T-50 Golden Eagle Leonardo M-346FA Master Saab JAS 39 Gripen Sukhoi Su-30MKI Su-25KM Scorpion[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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| Wars | — | Yom Kippur War Falklands War 1982 Lebanon War 2006 Lebanon War[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | Shafrir series: Shafrir-1: US$20,000[source] |
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| Produced | — | Shafrir series: 1961–1983 Python series: 1980–present[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | — | proximity[source] |
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| Flight altitude | — | N/A[source] |
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