AIST (missile)

AIST cruise missile - latest development of the Belarusian State Military Industrial Committee.^[1] The cruise missile is a high precision short-range subsonic cruise missile developed in close cooperation with Ukrainian^[2] and Chinese^[3] experts.

Overview

The likeliest missile launcher for the cruise missile Aist is supposed to be the universal multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) Polonez,^[4] based on a wheeled chassis MZKT-7930 Astrolog.

Vehicles of this type are widely used as a platform for a number of weapon systems, mainly those produced in Russia. Belarusian 4x4 wheeled chassis, in particular, are used as a platform for the Russian Iskander short-range ballistic missile system and the Pakistani Hatf VII Babur cruise missile.

The ground chassis will comprise all the necessary components of a combat and launcher-loader vehicle. Each combat vehicle will mount two or three missiles.

Aist cruise missile is equipped with a turbofan engine for subsonic cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles MS-400 produced by the Ukrainian enterprise Motor Sich. The Chinese DF-10 (CJ-10) cruise missile as well as the Pakistani Hatf VII Babur cruise missile are also equipped with this type of engine.

Specifications (with MS-400 turbofan engine)

• maximum cruise thrust – 400 kgf;
• fuel consumption – up to 0.8 kg/kgf;
• diameter – 320 mm;
• length (with extended exhaust line) – 1100 mm;
• height (including engine mount components) – 455 mm;
• gross empty mass – 85 kg.
• gross launching mass – about 1500 kg;
• combat load – 350 kg; length – 6 m;
• diameter – 0,57 m; wingspan – 2,7 m;
• range – 500 km; missile velocity – up to 900 km/h.

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