September 4, 2014

Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) to conduct live firings of missiles in the South China Sea

Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) will conduct the first live firings of Kh-31A anti-ship and Kh-31P anti-radiation missiles (AS-17 'Krypton')  from its Sukhoi Su-30MKM fighters during a joint exercise with Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) in the South China Sea this month.

The Royal Malaysian Navy will also conduct live firings of MBDA MM40 Exocet anti-ship missiles and Seawolf surface-to-air missiles from its ships and MBDA Sea Skua missiles from RMN Super Lynx helicopters.

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The Kh-31 (Russian: Х-31; AS-17 'Krypton') is a Russian air-to-surface missile carried by aircraft such as the MiG-29, Su-27 and Su-30. It is capable of Mach 3.5 and was the first supersonic anti-ship missile that could be launched by tactical aircraft.

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