Indian Navy’s upgraded Il-38 SD fires Kh-35 ASM for first time Posted on February 9, 2017 by alert5 A Indian Navy Il-38 SD maritime patrol aircraft successfully fired a Kh-35 anti-ship missile (ASM) during exercise TROPEX-17. Photo: Indian Navy This is the type’s first live-firing of the Kh-35 following a midlife upgrade program. Related posts (Automatically Generated): Ex-USS Acadia sunk as live-fire target during Valiant Shield 2010 Taiwan to test missiles again Saab offers MPA with AESA, RBS-15 to Indian Navy Vanguard 2010 ends with live-firing exercise South Korea test firing of Chunma PNS Aslat test-fired its Chinese C-802 anti-ship missile