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SS-N-3 Shaddock cruise missile

Country of Origin: Russia

The SS-N-3 Shaddock was a large, air-breathing cruise missile originally developed for the strategic attack role in the SS-N-3C variant. The SS-N-3C was followed by the anti-ship 3A and 3B variants. It was deployed on several Russian submarines and cruisers and also used as a drone target for surface-to-air missile exercises.

The missile had a tailless "airplane" configuration with a pointed nose, "cropped delta" anhedral mainplanes, tapered turbojet nozzle, ventral jet intake and...

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