AS-30L Aircraft Tactical Missile

The AS-30L rocket is made according to the normal aerodynamic scheme, has solid propellant marching and launch engines. The launch engine is inseparable and is equipped with two nozzle blocks. Two nozzles of the launch engine have a small angle of half-solution and are located outside the rocket body in special recesses of the tail compartment on both sides of the nozzle of the marching engine. The run time of the launch engine is -2s, it provides the rocket speed relative to the carrier up to 200m/s. The marching engine is launched in 1 s after the launch of the launch engine and accelerates the rocket to a speed of about 450m/s. Nozzle of the marching engine is in the center and is connected to the combustion chamber of the marching engine with gas, laid on the axis of the rocket. The marching engine is equipped with a traction vector control system consisting of four gas-dynamic rudders - deflectors with electromagnetic drive. Control is combined and carried out as aerodynamic surfaces, and gas-dynamic rudders.

Fighting unit - cumulative, contact fuse. BC is capable of piercing a concrete wall up to 2 m thick.

The missile is equipped with the TMV 585 laser semi-active guidance system (wavelength 1.06 mkm). The target can be illuminated by an onboard or ground target designation station. At the initial point of the trajectory, the missile is controlled by the inertial guidance system, when the intensity of the laser signal reflected from the target exceeds the threshold level, the control is transferred to the homing system. When firing at short range, the target can be captured by the homing head already on the carrier aircraft suspension.

Hanging containers LDP/"Atlis-2" and CLDP are used for aerial target detection, identification and illumination. The latter option is equipped with an infrared camera and provides round-the-clock application of the AS-30L missile. Visually, the containers differ in the shape of the nose section. The bow of the containers, which can be rotated horizontally at an angle of up to 160°, has an automatic target tracking system on an angle stabilized inertial platform, a multispectral television camera and a laser target illumination system. Installation of the laser target illumination system on a rotatable stabilized platform provides a wide range of maneuverability of the carrier aircraft after the missile launch. The central compartment of the container accommodates a power supply unit, an electronics unit for processing television signals, an on-board computer and a docking station. The power source of laser target designation system, cooling unit are placed in the tail compartment of the container. According to the developer's data, suspended containers LDP/"Atlis-2" and CLDP ensure accuracy of target designation up to 1 meter.

Mirage 2000H and Jaguar IS aircraft of the Indian Air Force are equipped with the hanging container "Litening" (Israel), which also provides round-the-clock use of weapons with laser guidance system.