AS-7 Kerry

missile

Also known as: Kerry

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The AS-7 Kerry was a Soviet radio-command-guided air-to-surface missile. It was deployed from tactical fighters like the MiG-27 and attack helicopters such as the Mi-24 Hind. This missile was part of a broader category of tactical guided missiles developed after World War II, utilizing advancements in electronics and guidance systems to distinguish them from ballistic weapons. These missiles could make down-course corrections to home in on targets, a capability that set them apart from free-flight rockets and artillery shells.1

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…among these was the radio-command-guided AS-7 Kerry, the antiradar AS-8 and AS-9, and the television-guided AS-10 Karen and AS-14 Kedge (the last with a range of about 25 miles). These missiles were fired from tactical fighters such as the MiG-27 Flogger and attack helicopters such as the Mi-24 Hind and…
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…among these was the radio-command-guided AS-7 Kerry, the antiradar AS-8 and AS-9, and the television-guided AS-10 Karen and AS-14 Kedge (the last with a range of about 25 miles). These missiles were fired from tactical fighters such as the MiG-27 Flogger and attack helicopters such as the Mi-24 Hind and…
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