MiG-17 / SDK-5

The SDK-5 was a MiG-17 modified to simulate the flight track of a winged air-to-surface missile and to test the airborne guidance equip­ment of the whole system (mother aircraft plus missile) On this proto­type all cannons were removed. Above the air intake, a small radome housed an electromagnetic detector to vector the missile/aircraft toward its target, another small radome on top of the fin housed the antenna that received radio signals—transmitted by the mother air­craft-coordinating the missile’s/’aircraft’s flight path. Similar equip­ment was mounted to a MiG-9L during development of the KS-1 cruise missile