OVERVIEW: The AS-2 KIPPER (K-10SP) is an air-launched, long-range, supersonic, liquid-fuel, turbojet-powered, electronics counter-measure drone. 

DETAILS:  A modification of the K-10S, the K-10SP was designed primarily with an active jammer in place of the warhead,  and was intended to provide support an ASM strike with jamming.   

NOTES: The AS-2 became operational in 1961. It was carried by the Tu-16K-10P (BADGER-C).  

SOURCES: Jane's Weapons Systems, Vol. 4: Strategic, "Kh-10S (AS-2 'Kipper')" 13 Oct 2011; GlobalSecurity.org - Reliable Security Information. "K-10S (AS-2 Kipper)." Accessed November 11, 2013.   http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/as-2.htm ; Federation of American Scientists. "AS-2 - Russian and Soviet Nuclear Forces." Accessed November 11, 2013. http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/as-2.htm ; Ruslet. "K-10S (AS-2 Kipper) : Ruslet." Accessed November 11, 2013. http://ruslet.webnode.cz/technika/ruska-technika/letecka-vyzbroj/protizemni-rs/k-10s-as-2-kipper-/. ;  Norman Polmar, "Guide to the Soviet Navy, 3rd ed.  (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1983), 357.



