| Kh-90 GELA (NATO reporting name: AS-X-21) | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Air-launched Hypersonic weapon |
| Place of origin | Russia |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | MKB Raduga, Turaevo TMKB Soyuz,TsAGI |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 15 metric tons[1] |
| Length | 11 m[2][3] |
| Diameter | 0.8 - 0.9m |
| Wingspan | 7m |
| Warhead | various: HE, FAE, TBX, two nuclear each 1.2 Mt |
| Warhead weight | 200 kg to < 1.6 ton HE , 200 kg < 1.82 ton TNW |
| Engine | booster + Ramjet Raduga TMKB Soyuz (or Scramjet ?) TsAGI |
| Propellant | solid propellant booster, liquid ramjet (or scramjet), kerosene |
| Maximum speed | Mach 5+[1] |
Guidance system | inertial, TERCOM , GLONASS , Radar , IR IIR , TV camera , Opto-Electronic , CCD |
Launch platform | Aircraft, can be loaded on ship ground TEL, maybe submarine |
TheKh-90 GELA (Russian:ГЭЛА (гиперзвуковой экспериментальный летательный аппарат), Hypersonic Experimental Flight Vehicle) is aSoviet/Russianair-to-surfacehypersonic missile. It was supposed to replace subsonicintermediate range missiles in the Soviet inventory. The missile was an ambitious project, as the main objective was to develop it into ahypersonic missile. It was to be a successor to theKh-45, which never entered service.
The missile was designed by Raduga. It was equipped with a one-megaton thermonuclear warhead and usedinertial navigation withmid-course update via data link. It had a maximum range of 3,000 km.
It was developed at the beginning of 1980, following theKh-80 andKholod projects.[4][5][6] It was shown to the public anMAKS Airshow 1995.[1]
