{"id":124167,"date":"2026-09-12T15:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T09:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=124167"},"modified":"2026-09-12T15:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T09:33:13","slug":"s-71k-kovyor-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/s-71k-kovyor-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"S-71K Kovyor Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>S-71K Kovyor Missile Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia has publicly unveiled the S-71K Kovyor, a new air-launched stand-off weapon designed for its Su-57E fifth-generation fighter, during the El Alamein International Airshow in Egypt recently. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About S-71K Kovyor Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>air-launched cruise missile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> developed by <\/span><b>Russia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>designed primarily for Russia\u2019s Su-57E fifth-generation fighter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>S-71K Kovyor Missile <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It employs a <\/span><b>flattened, broad, aircraft-like planform<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> instead of a conventional cylindrical missile body.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has an <\/span><b>asymmetric design<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a <\/span><b>trapezoidal nose carrying a chin-mounted optical sensor,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> low-mounted<\/span><b> swept-back wings,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>inverted V-tails.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile&#8217;s <\/span><b>three internal fuel tanks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>turbojet propulsion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> give it a <\/span><b>conventional powered-cruise flight profile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rather than that of a simple glide bomb, letting it approach a target from a different axis than the launch aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has an estimated <\/span><b>range <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">between <\/span><b>300 to 350 km.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It uses an <\/span><b>inertial navigation system for guidance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and reportedly <\/span><b>lacks a sophisticated terminal seeker.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is primarily designed for <\/span><b>attacking pre-programmed fixed targets<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, rather than behaving like a modern imaging missile that can independently identify and select a target immediately before impact.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It carries a 250 kg OFAB-250-270 <\/span><b>high-explosive fragmentation warhead.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile can reportedly cruise near 8,200 metres before descending toward low-level profiles of 20\u201375 metres over land or approximately five to 15 metres above water, complicating continuous radar tracking. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/defence\/news\/russia-unveils-new-s-71k-stealth-missile-for-su-57e-amid-potential-sale-to-india\/articleshow\/134073329.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TOI<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S-71K Kovyor Missile is an air-launched cruise missile developed by Russia. 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