The S-25 is a Soviet air-to-ground

rocket A rocket (from , and so named for its shape) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using any surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. Rocket engines work entirely ...

launched from aircraft. It is launched from the O-25 pod which can hold one rocket. The rocket first entered service with the

Soviet Air Force The Soviet Air Forces (, VVS SSSR; literally "Military Air Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; initialism VVS, sometimes referred to as the "Red Air Force") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Sovie ...

in 1975.

Variants

The rocket has four variants:Venik's Aviatio - "Air-Launched weapons used by Russian aviation in Chechnya"
*S-25-OF with high explosive-fragmentation warhead *S-25-O with fragmentation warhead and radio proximity fuze *S-25-OFM for use against hardened targets *S-25L (LD) laser-guided variant

References

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