{
  "id": "kh-101",
  "name": "Kh-101 / Kh-102",
  "aliases": [
    "Kh-102",
    "AS-23 Kodiak"
  ],
  "domain": "missile",
  "country": "RUS",
  "category": "Air-launched cruise missile",
  "status": "in-service",
  "fielded": 2013,
  "operators": [
    "RUS"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "The Kh-101 / Kh-102 Raduga is a new line of conventional and nuclear-capable air-launched cruise missiles (ALCM) developed and deployed by Russia. A stealthy missile, the Kh-101 / Kh-102 is designed to defeat air defense systems by flying low and hugging the terrain to avoid their radar systems.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "range_max_km",
      "v": 5000,
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "5,000 km (a source said that the range could be as high as 10,000 km)"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Accuracy (CEP)",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "6 m",
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "low"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Basing",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Tu-160 \"Blackjack\" (12 missiles), Tu-22M3/5 \"Backfire\" C (4 missiles), Tu-95M16 \"Bear-H\" (8 missiles), and Su-27IB (INA), Su-34 (2 missiles)",
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 7.45,
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "launch_weight_kg",
      "v": 2400,
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "diameter_m",
      "v": 0.5,
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Propulsion",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "TRDD-50A Turbofan",
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_kmh",
      "v": 900,
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "ceiling_m",
      "v": 6000,
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Endurance",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "10 hours",
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Guidance",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Inertial, Electro-optical correction, GLONASS satellite navigation, and IR TV terminal guidance.",
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Warhead options",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "Conventional and Nuclear; Kh-101 = Conventional; Kh-102 = Nuclear; HE, Fragmentation, Submunitions",
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Nuclear yield",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "About 250 kT (Kh-102)",
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "low",
      "note": "Source card lists '250 mT'; treated as a unit error"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Conventional warhead weight",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "400 kg",
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Payload: warhead options",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "Conventional and Nuclear",
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Payload: warhead type",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "Kh-101 = Conventional; Kh-102 = Nuclear",
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Payload: warhead weight",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "450 kg",
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Payload: nuclear yield",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "250 mT",
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Payload: conventional warhead weight",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "400 kg",
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Payload: conventional warheads available",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "HE, Fragmentation, Submunitions",
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "payload_kg",
      "v": [
        400,
        450
      ],
      "note": "Source lists 400 kg conventional and 450 kg warhead weights",
      "src": [
        "weg-kh-101"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "alcm",
  "image": {
    "file": "kh-101.jpg",
    "thumb": "kh-101-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "Командування Повітряних Сил ЗСУ / Air Force Command of Ukrainian Armed Forces (license)",
    "license": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_Kh-101_missile_shot_in_Vinnytsia_Oblast,_2023-01-26_(05).jpg",
    "title": "File:Russian Kh-101 missile shot in Vinnytsia Oblast, 2023-01-26 (05).jpg"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-05",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-05",
      "change": "Editorial correction: Corrected service entry year and nuclear yield unit; merged duplicate warhead weights"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-06",
      "change": "Added photo (CC BY 4.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/kh-101.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-kh-101": {
      "title": "Kh-101 / Kh-102 Russian Air Launched Cruise Missile",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Kh-101_Kh-102_Russian_Air_Launched_Cruise_Missile",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}