SS-N-3 Shaddock

missile

Also known as: Shaddock

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The SS-N-3 Shaddock was a large, Soviet-developed antiship missile. Resembling a swept-wing fighter jet, it had a significant range of approximately 280 miles. This missile was deployed from surface vessels and submarines. The SS-N-3 Shaddock was part of a broader Soviet effort to counter Western naval superiority by developing a wide array of antiship missiles. Earlier Soviet missile-carrying diesel-electric submarines, predating nuclear propulsion, also carried the SS-N-3 Shaddock, though these required the submarines to surface for launch.12

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…of 25 miles, and the SS-N-3 Shaddock, a much larger system resembling a swept-wing fighter aircraft with a range of 280 miles. The SS-N-12 Sandbox, introduced in the 1970s on the Kiev-class antisubmarine carriers, was apparently an improved Shaddock. The SS-N-19 Shipwreck, a small, vertically launched, flip-out wing supersonic missile…
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…of 25 miles, and the SS-N-3 Shaddock, a much larger system resembling a swept-wing fighter aircraft with a range of 280 miles. The SS-N-12 Sandbox, introduced in the 1970s on the Kiev-class antisubmarine carriers, was apparently an improved Shaddock. The SS-N-19 Shipwreck, a small, vertically launched, flip-out wing supersonic missile…
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