The AS-3 air-to-surface missile is a large, supersonic, turbojet-powered, cruise missile weighing approximately 24,500 lb with a range of 100 to 350 nm. It carries a 5000-lb nuclear warhead. For guidance it uses a preprogrammed autopilot for launch and climb, an autopilot with command guidance for mid-course flight, and a preprogrammed dive to target. It has a CEP of 150 ft when used in an anti-ship role and a CEP of 1 to 3 nm when used against land targets. One AS-3 is carried aboard the Bear B and Bear C aircraft.
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Type | meduim- to long-range standoff missile | |
Initial operational capability | 1960 | |
First detected | 1961 | |
Production terminated | 1965 | |
Wingspan | 9.2 m | |
Length | 14.9 m | |
Diameter | 1.9 m | |
Launch weight | 11000 kg | |
Max. speed | 2280 km/h | |
Ceiling | 18000 m | |
Maximum range | 650 km | |
Propulsion | Tumansky R-11 twin spool turbojet with afterburner, 50.9 kN of thrust | |
Guidance | beam riding | |
Warhead | high-explosive, 2300 kg, or thermonuclear, 800 kT yield |