17D
Missile · Russia
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Credit: © Mark Wade
Russian surface-to-air missile. Prototype air-breathing surface-to-air missile, using air-augmented solid propellant.
On 23 June 1960 the first test flight of a two-stage air-breathing surface-to-air missile prototype, the 17D, was conducted. This was a unique air-augmented solid fuel motor concept. Further development led through the 18D and 22D to the Krug operational missile.
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- Family
- surface-to-air
- Country
- Russia
- Agency
- Lyulev
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