Kh-45

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Anti-ship missile

| origin = Soviet Union

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The Kh-45 Molnija "Lightning" was a Soviet hypersonic anti-ship air-to-surface missile project. It was developed from 1971 as the main armament for the ICD "Raduga"'s T-4 missile carrier bomber. The designers were A. Y. Bereznyak, G. K. Samokhvalov and V. A. Larionov.{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/kh-45.htm|title=Kh-45}}