Discussion Thread

The LBM.62 Kitsj was designed to fill the gap left when the Royal Cottish Military retired their old supersonic LBM.15 Krønsj air-delivered heavy anti-shipping cruise missiles from active service. The Kitsj is based on the venerable Soviet Kh-22M Raduga, but incorporates more modern propulsion, warhead, and guidance, which allows the Kitsj missile to allow the Royal Cottish Military to inflict significant damages to hostile shipping well into the future.

• Mission: Heavy Anti-Shipping Cruise Missile (A/B)
• Length: 11.3 meters
• Diameter: 0.9 meters
• Wingspan: 3.35 meters
• Weight: 5 900 kg
• Warhead: 1 000 kg penetrating high-explosive (A); 350 kiloton thermonuclear (B)
• Wind Correction: Yes
• Stages: 1
• Speed: Mach 3.5 (cruise); Mach 5 (terminal [high-altitude mode])
• Ceiling: 30 000 meters
• Range: 450 km (high-altitude mode); 250 km (low-altitude mode)
• Area Coverage:
• Flight Profile: Loft to 27 000 meters, dive on target (high-altitude); Climb to 12 meters, straight to target (low-altitude)
• Guidance: Internal GPS, Active X-Band Radar, Target Database Computer, Encrypted two-way Data Uplink for underway course corrections
• Propulsion: Air-Argumented Ramjet
• Platform: Blackburn Blackadder MRE.2, B-22 Candrian Strategic Bomber
• Mount: Single
• Cost: $3 million (A); $4.5 million (B)
• Variants: LBM.62A Kitsj - Conventional Anti-Shipping Cruise Missile; LBM.62B Kitsj - Nuclear Anti-Shipping Cruise Missile