The semi-active missile homing radar head (used in 9E420, Russian: 9Э420) as well as 9E50M1 for the 9M38M1 missile (9E50 for 9M38) and 1SB4 for Kub missile (Russian: 1СБ4) was designed by MNII Agat and manufactured by MMZ at Ioshkar-Ola.

The SA-11 Gadfly can fire 9M38 and 9M38M1 missiles. The 9M38 missile uses a single-stage X-winged design without any detachable parts. The design had to conform to strict naval dimension limitations, allowing the missile to be adapted for the M-22 SAM system in the Soviet Navy.

Since its initial introduction into service, the BUK-M1 missile system has been continually upgraded and refined with the latest incarnation carrying the designation 9K37M2 "BUK-M2". …

The nose of the missile mounts the monopulse semiactive radar homing seeker under a dielectric radome. In the 9M37-1 missile the seeker is a 9E47 Virazh, in the 9M37M a 9E47M, the 9M38 a 9E50, and the 9M38M1 a 9E50M1. The new 9M317 missile uses the digital 9E420 seeker.

Russian surface-to-air missile. Improved version of Buk with highly-secret anti-missile capability. AKA: 9K40;9M38M1;Grizzly;SA-17. Status: Operational 1983. Payload: 70 kg (154 lb). Gross mass: 690 kg (1,520 lb). Height: 5.55 m (18.20 ft). Diameter: 0.40 m …

Индия получила 144 ракеты 9m38m1 от России в 2008 году для использования на фрегатах в совместимых корабельных ЗРК [14].

May 7, 2019 · The 9M38 is 5.55m long, weighs 690Kg and has a 70Kg (150lbs) warhead – relatively large for the missiles size – and is triggered by a radar proximity fuze. The 9M38 uses a proportional navigation type of guidance making the missile much harder to kinetically defeat.

The appearance of the 9M38M1 missile is very similar to American RIM-66 Standard missile which is not so surprising because both missiles was designed to the same role, at least for the Russian navy. The maximal target speed of the system is 800 m/s, minimal target altitude is 15 meter, maximal altitude is 22 km.

Recognition by Western NATO observers led to the designation of the SA-11 "Gadfly". The complete system package was designed around the 9M38 rocket (later the 9M317 rocket) powered by a solid rocket motor. It has a range of up to …

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