Kh-38#Variants

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The basic configuration of the Kh-38M was revealed at the 2007 Moscow Air Show (MAKS). The first prototypes of the missile had initially folding wings and tail fins for internal carriage, and would have a variety of seeker heads for different variants.Barrie, Douglas and Komarov, Alexey. "War on Two Fronts for Russia's Missile Builders ". Aviation Week, 10 September 2007. Retrieved: 25 May 2014. Different warheads (fragmentation, cluster munitions, penetrating) can also be fitted. The Kh-38M is meant to succeed the Kh-25 and Kh-29 missile families. It can be used by combat aircraft such as the Sukhoi Su-34 and Sukhoi Su-57, and it is planned to be integrated on the Kamov Ka-52K helicopter. The first test firing took place in 2010 from a Su-34, and production was ordered to start in 2015.{{cite web |title=[Actu] La bombe guidée 9A-7759 Grom |url=https://redsamovar.com/2018/06/26/actu-la-bombe-guidee-9a-7759-grom/ |website=Red Samovar |date=26 June 2018}}

In a successive version, unveiled at MAKS 2017, both control surfaces were replaced by longer and narrower fixed ones, a solution similar to the one used in the Selenia Aspide missile.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rusaviainsider.com/maks-tactical-missiles-corporation-shows-kh-38-changes|title = MAKS: Tactical Missiles Corporation shows Kh-38 changes - Russian aviation news|date = 20 July 2017}}{{update after|2017}}

The Kh-38M was first used in combat during the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war.

It was also used during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.{{cite news |last1=Newdick |first1=Thomas |title=Our Best Look At Russia's Kh-38 Missile Now Being Used In Ukraine |url=https://www.twz.com/air/our-best-look-at-russias-kh-38-missile-now-being-used-in-ukraine |access-date=19 May 2024 |work=The War Zone |date=May 14, 2024}}

• Kh-38MA - inertial, active radar homing
• Kh-38MK - inertial, satellite guidance
• Kh-38ML - inertial, semi-active laser guidance
• Kh-38MT - inertial, imaging infrared guidance{{Better source needed|date=May 2025}}

• Kh-36 Grom-E1 - Rocket assisted version of the Grom-E2. Sometimes referred as a hybrid missile glide bomb.{{cite web|url=https://en.defence-ua.com/analysis/new_russian_grom_e1_missile_on_what_is_it_really_based-6147.html |title=New Russian Grom-E1 Missile: On What Is It Really Based |website=Defense UA |date=22 March 2023 |first=Sofiia |last=Syngaivska }} AS-23 tactical cruise missile derivative/AGM with 120 km range
• Kh-36 Grom-E2 - AS-23B/KAB-type guided glide bomb with 50 km range.{{cite web |url=http://eng.ktrv.ru/production/military_production/multipurpose_missiles/air-to-surface_multi-purpose_missile_kh-25mse.html |title=Airborne guided gliding bomb "GROM-E2" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720191936/http://eng.ktrv.ru/production/military_production/multipurpose_missiles/air-to-surface_multi-purpose_missile_kh-25mse.html |archive-date=2021-07-20 |url-status=live |date=2021-07-20}}

Both versions of the Grom are of 600 kg weight, with various guidance mechanisms, and both are created on the basis of the Kh-38M short-range tactical missile and also have modular structures, warheads and seekers. This weapon was first seen at MAKS 2015, and intended to equip all types of fighters, including the MiG-35 and Su-57.{{Cite web|url=https://vpk.name/news/310029_proizvoditel_raskryil_harakteristiki_noveishih_aviacionnyih_sredstv_porazheniya_grom.html|title = Производитель раскрыл характеристики новейших авиационных средств поражения "Гром"| date=6 August 2019 }}

• Kh-25
• AGM-65 Maverick
• Brimstone
• FT-12
• Joint Air-to-Ground Missile

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• [http://eng.ktrv.ru/production/military_production/multipurpose_missiles/kh-38me.html Manufacturer information of the Kh-38]
• [https://www.janes.com/article/89715/ktrv-finalises-development-of-grom-air-to-surface-munition-variants KTRV finalises development of Grom air-to-surface munition variants]

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