How’s a passive RF homer going to be a threat to an AWACS which only emits periodically (the dome rotates) or not at all (if they shut down)? It won’t take many of those shots before the attacking aircraft have problems of their own. I’d think if it used the passive RF for midcourse with IIR terminal or something it might make more sense. Just my two cents.

Hi,,,

Most of you forget to remember that the AWACS is not emitting only radar pulsed frequencies. The AWACS E-3, and a like, are also very huge source of other radio waves , those planes were meant to be also an airborne command and control centers. Now days Link 16 system is the core of the new digital communication system in the AWACS and it works in L band !. So i think it’s more efficient to use the communication radio emission as guidance provider for passive hard kill anti-AWACS weapon.

Fourth pic – Four-round pack of AT-9’s on Ka-52? (they look so huge!)

Those are most probably a mockup of the under-development hermes-A missile.
It’s two stage anti-tank missile planned to be the next generation Russian airborne AT missile. It suppose to be a radar guided missile with inertial guidance in first stage of it’s path to the target with final “Homing” guidance, giving the missile a max range of 20 Km.A land based system is under development. The land based system dose resemble MLRS system,the system compromise two vehicles , one carries the 24 missiles the other vehicles carries the radar based guidenes system.
http://www.kbptula.ru/eng/multi/hermes.htm

IMHO ,this missile project is the reason behind russian army choosing Mi-28N over Ka-50 as the main Attack army helo ,and also behind the developing of Ka-52. Both Mi-28N and Ka-52 carry MW radars, and two craw members to deal with the extra data provided by the their radars. The missile will provide the russian army in the first time with true multi target engagement ability.It worth noting the missile have 3 Mach max speed!>
http://www.kbptula.ru/eng/multi/hermesa.htm

PhantomII/ most of you comments are correct, The Mi-35 carry short stub wings and they are not a copy of Mi-28 wings.Even though both wings share the two pylon each.

Hi PhantomII

AT-6 Spiral [9K113 Shturm]: Eight tubes Launcher , or two tube launcher. Carried mainly by helicopters .Not fighter jet mounted.
AT-9 Spiral-2 [9M120 Ataka-V]: Eight tubes Launchers. Carried mainly by attack helicopter (Mi-28 and Up graded Mi-24).Not fighter jet mounted.
AT-16 Scallion [9K121 Vikhr]: Six tubes launcher, carried by Ka-50/52 attack helicopter and eight tube launchers on Su-25TM (Su-39) Close Air Support and Attack aircraft .