OVERVIEW: The AS-6 KINGFISH A (KSR-5M) is a supersonic, long-range, liquid-fuel, rocket propelled, air-to-surface missile. It carried a 350 kT nuclear warhead.

DETAILS: The AS-6 KINGFISH cruised at either high or low altitude. In its low altitude profile, it flew at approximately 50 meters altitude. It used inertial mid-course guidance. The baseline missile was equipped with a VS-KN active radar seeker.

NOTES: The AS-6 entered service in 1969. It was used by the Tu-22M and Tu-16 BADGER aircraft. The AS-6 was effectively a scaled down Kh-22 with less range and launch weight, but similar performance and lethality.

SOURCES: Jane's Weapons Systems, Vol. 1: Air-Launched, AS-6 'Kingfish' (K-26 and KSR-5), 09 Jan 2006 ; Air Power Australia. "Soviet/Russian Cruise Missiles." Accessed November 10, 2013. http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-Rus-Cruise-Missiles.html#mozTocId753021 ; Norman Polmar, "Guide to the Soviet Navy, 3rd ed. (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1983), 357.