MKB Raduga (russian: МКБ Радуга, meaning Raduga Design Bureau (russian: машиностроительное конструкторское бюро «Радуга»), where ''raduga'' literally means "rainbow") is a Russian aerospace company, concerned with the production of various missile-systems and related technologies. It is headquartered in

Dubna Dubna ( rus, Дубна́, p=dʊbˈna) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It has a status of ''naukograd'' (i.e. town of science), being home to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, an international nuclear physics research center and one o ...

Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...

. Formerly a division of the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau, it was spun off as a separate OKB (design bureau, ru , опытно-конструкторское бюро) in March 1957.

History

* October 1946 - OKB-2 * 12 October 1951 - division of OKB-155-1 (headed by Mikhail Gurevich) * March 1957 -

Aleksandr Bereznyak Aleksandr Yakovlevich Bereznyak ( – 7 July 1974) was a Soviet Union, Soviet aircraft and missile designer. He was the Chief Designer of MKB Raduga, from March 1957. Biography Aleksandr Bereznyak was born on 29 December 1912 in Boyarkino, Ozy ...

became the chief designer * June 1965 - machine building design bureau "Raduga" * 19 June 1972 - Dubna production and development amalgamation "Raduga" * 7 September 1978 - Dubna production amalgamation "Raduga" * 12 May 1982 - machine building design bureau "Raduga"

Products

Kometa series

* KS-1 Komet (AS-1 "Kennel") - the first Soviet air-launched anti-ship cruise missile, began development 1947 * K-10S (AS-2 "Kipper") - heavy anti-ship missile, Tu-16, 1955

Naval P-Series

* P-15 Termit (SS-N-2 "Styx") - ship-launched cruise missile (the basis for the Chinese HY-2 Silkworm missile), 1955 * P-270/3M80 Moskit (SS-N-22 "Sunburn") - ramjet-propelled anti-ship missile, 1973, in-service 1984

Kh/KSR airborne series

* R-4/K-9 (AA-4 "Awl") - long-range

air-to-air missile The newest and the oldest member of Rafael's Python family of AAM for comparisons, Python-5 (displayed lower-front) and Shafrir-1 (upper-back) An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying a ...

, late 1950s * KSR-2 (AS-5 "Kelt") - 1956, Tu-16KSR-2 * KSR-5/Kh-26 (AS-6 "Kingfish") - Tu-16K-26, Tu-16KSR-2-5, Tu-16KSR-2-5-11. Development of Kh-22. Development authorized 24 August 1962. Officially entered service 12 November 1969 (along with K-10-26). Retired in 1994. * KSR-11, (AS-5B) - anti-radar missile, air-launched. 1971 * Kh-15 (AS-16 "Kickback")) - hypersonic aeroballistic short-range attack missile, using liquid-fuel rocket propulsion. Tu-22M2,M3,

Tu-95MS The Tupolev Tu-95 (russian: Туполев Ту-95; NATO reporting name: "Bear") is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service with the Long-Range Aviation of the ...

. First missiles were built in 1978. Serial production in mid-1980s. * Kh-20 (AS-3 "Kangaroo") - air-launched

cruise missile A cruise missile is a guided missile used against terrestrial or naval targets that remains in the atmosphere and flies the major portion of its flight path at approximately constant speed. Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhe ...

, Tu-95K. Development of "K-20 system" (consisting of Kh-20 missile, Tu-95K carrier, etc.) was authorized 11 March 1954. * Kh-20M (AS-3 "Kangaroo") - Kh-20 with improved thermo-nuclear warhead. K-20 has officially entered service 9 September 1960. Retired in 1991 due to SALT-1 agreement. * Kh-22 (AS-4 "Kitchen") -

anti-ship missile An anti-ship missile (AShM) is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea skimming variety, and many use a combination of inertial guidance and active radar homing. A good ...

, Tu-22K,

Tu-22M The Tupolev Tu-22M (russian: Туполев Ту-22М; NATO reporting name: Backfire) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1960s. According to some s ...

, Tu-95K-22. Development of "missile complex K-22" was authorized 15 April 1958. Officially entered service 9 February 1971. K-95-22 (with Tu-95K-22 aircraft) entered service in 1987. * Kh-28 (AS-9 "Kyle") - anti-radar missile * Kh-32 -

Kh-45 The Kh-45 Molnija "Lightning" was a Soviet hypersonic anti-ship air-to-surface missile project. It was developed as the main armament for ICD "Raduga"'s T-4 missile carrier bomber. The designers were A. Y. Bereznyak, G. K. Samokhvalov and V. ...

- Sukhoi T-4, Sukhoi T-4MS * Kh-55 Granat (AS-15 "Kent") -

, 1976,

, Tu-160. Development was authorized 8 December 1976. The first serial Kh-55 was launched 23 February 1981. Officially entered service (complex of Kh-55 and Tu-95MS) 31 December 1983. Also Kh-101 /102 variant. * Kh-58 (AS-11 "Kilter") - anti-radar missile * Kh-59 Ovod (AS-13 "Kingbolt") - tactical air-to-surface TV-guided missile * Kh-59M Ovod-M (AS-18 "Kazoo") - * Kh-2000, - Sukhoi T-4, Sukhoi T-4MS

Others

* 85R, 85RU, (SS-N-14 "Silex") - surface-launched torpedo-carrying anti-submarine missiles * MV-1 - target drone * KSR-5-NM - target drone * Rk-55, S-10 Granat (SSC-X-4 "Slingshot", SS-N-21 "Sampson") - surface, submarine-launched nuclear cruise missiles * Burlak, Burlak-M air-launched spacecraft launcher, Tu-160SK

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Company history
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