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4 unusual facts about KS-1 Komet


AS1

Raduga KS-1 Komet, a missile referred to as the AS-1 'Kennel' by the West.

Lavochkin La-15

The remaining La-15s in service were disarmed by 1953, and their engines reused on the KS-1 Komet air-to-surface missile.

Tupolev Tu-4

;Tu-4K/KS: anti-shipping version, armed with KS-1 Komet missiles carried between the engines under the wings.

2 × KS-1 Komet standoff missiles (Tu-4K only; these anti-ship missiles resembled a scaled-down MiG-15)



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