Kh-20

Kh-20
AS-3 Kangaroo
TypeNuclear cruise missile
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
In service1960-1980s
Used bySoviet Air Forces
Production history
DesignerMikhail Gurevich
Specifications (Kh-20M)
Mass12,000 kg (26,000 lb) at launch
Length14.95 m (49.0 ft)
Height3.02 m (9.9 ft)
Diameter1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Wingspan9.15 m (30.0 ft)
WarheadThermonuclear warhead
Blast yield0.3-3.0 megatons

EngineLyulka AL-7FK turbojet
67.1 kN (15,100 lbf)
Propellantjet fuel
Operational
range
380 to 600 kilometres (240 to 370 mi)
Flight ceiling20,000 m (66,000 ft)
Maximum speed Mach 2.0
Guidance
system
Inertial guidance/radio command guidance
Launch
platform
Tu-95

The Raduga Kh-20 (NATO reporting name: AS-3 Kangaroo) was an air launched cruise missile armed with a thermonuclear warhead which was developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The Kh-20 was designed to be air-launched.