Kh-20

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Kh-20 AS-3 Kangaroo
Type	Nuclear cruise missile
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1960-1980s
Used by	Soviet Air Forces
Production history
Designer	Mikhail Gurevich
Specifications (Kh-20M)
Mass	12,000 kg (26,000 lb) at launch
Length	14.95 m (49.0 ft)
Height	3.02 m (9.9 ft)
Diameter	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Wingspan	9.15 m (30.0 ft)
Warhead	Thermonuclear warhead
Blast yield	0.3-3.0 megatons
Engine	Lyulka AL-7FK turbojet 67.1 kN (15,100 lbf)
Propellant	jet fuel
Operational range	380 to 600 kilometres (240 to 370 mi)
Flight ceiling	20,000 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.