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AS-20 Kayak air-to-surface cruise missile

Country of Origin: Russia

The Russian Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missile is similar in size and range to the U.S. AGM-84 Harpoon (which is why it was nicknamed the "Kharpunskiy," essentially "Harpoonski"), with a smaller, Exocet-size warhead. It comes in air-launched and ship-launched versions.

The missile is a constant-diameter cylinder with a blunt nose and cruciform, steerable, "cropped-delta" mid-body mainplanes that are indexed in-line with the cruciform tailplanes.

The Uran ship-launched missile system...

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