Well, yeah, I agree 😀 Seriously, I meant the dynamic characteristics and what one could get from them. Actually, one could transform a R-33 into a ASAT-like missile (low tier) without altering much of its dynamics – but it would be a pain in the a**. You’d have to change all the guidance, warhead etc requirements, and therefore it would be akin to launch a dummy weight into near space, that’s all.

I really doubt it in the case of the R-33 (or anything like it like a Phoenix). Consider the ones that HAVE made it into space like the ASM-135 (ASAT), CALEB, and so on. They were mostly fuel. Now if you replaced the front half of an R-33 with a 2nd stage and a small KKV and launched it from a Mig-31 there might be something there. Just not in it’s current guise. And probably just barely at that. Even the ASM-135 was nearly three times the weight of an R-33. Launched at say, Mach 2.5 and 70,000 feet though who could say?