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Cruise missile
SS-N-3 Shaddock is a cruise missile originating in Soviet Union. Reported operators include Angolan Navy, Russian Navy, Syrian Navy, Vietnam People's Navy.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 10.8 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 10.8 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
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Cruise missile
Soviet Union
1963−1991 (USSR)
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Russo-Ukrainian War
Chelomey Design Bureau
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5,300 kg (11,700 lb)
10.8 m (35 ft)
0.98 m (3 ft 3 in)
2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
HE SAP or nuclear
650 or 870 kg (1,430 or 1,920 lb)
10 or 200 kt
Turbojet with solid fuel boosters
Liquid fuel
300 or 450 km (190 or 280 mi)
1.3 Mach
Inertial with commands and infrared or active radar
Echo II-class submarine Juliett-class submarine Kresta I-class cruiser Kynda-class cruiser BAZ-135 TEL Object 100
Angolan Navy − One Sepal battery based in Luanda
Russian Navy − Submarine and ship-launched missiles withdrawn from service by 1994. Some Sepal coastal batteries remain active as of 2025
Syrian Navy − P-35 used on coastal batteries. Status unknown following the fall of the Assad regime and Operation Bashan Arrow
Vietnam People's Navy − Used on coastal batteries
Bulgarian Navy − Used on coastal batteries
Soviet Navy − SS-N-3A Shaddock and SS-N-3B Sepal missiles remained in service in 1991, passed on to the Russian Navy
Ukrainian Navy − Object 100 transferred to Ukraine in 1996, it was non-operational prior to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
The SS-N-3 Shaddock and Sepal missiles are 10.8 m (35 ft) long with a body diameter of 0.98 m (3 ft 3 in). Two swept-wings 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) long unfold forward after launch. A turbojet engine and an air inlet are located at the rear of the missile, while two solid propellant motors boost the missile during launch. The missile can cruise at altitudes of 100 m (330 ft), 4,000 m (13,000 ft), or 7,500 m (24,600 ft) at a maximum speed of 1.3 Mach . After the boosters are jettisoned, the turbojet powers the missile for the rest of the flight.
Guidance was provided by a 'Scoop Pair' (for surface ships) or 'Front Door' (for submarines) radar for shorter ranges or via data link by fixed-wing aircraft or helicopters including the Tu-16 Badger , Tu-95 Bear-D , Ka-25 Hormone , and Ka-27 Helix . In the latter case, the aircraft could send radar pictures to the ship or submarine launcher allowing the weapons control officer to program the missile with the target coordinates. A drawback of the Shaddock was that the launching submarine had to remain surfaced after launch up to 25 minutes when firing against targets at a range of 250 nautical miles (460 km; 290 mi).
The P-5, P-6, and P-35 missiles have a minimum firing range of 25 km (16 mi) and can carry conventional high-explosive , semi-armour piercing (HE SAP) warhead, a 10 kiloton nuclear warhead, or a 650 kg (1,430 lb) nuclear warhead with a yield of 200 kt.
P-7 − Extended range prototype based on the P-5 with a range of 1,000 km (620 mi) The missile was tested in 1962−1964, but development was halted after the Soviets decided to focus on the development of submarine-mounted anti-ship missiles.
3M44 Progress − Upgraded version of the P-35 mounted on a TEL or the Object 100 fixed anti-ship missile launcher. It has a reported range of 460 km (286 mi) and can carry a 350 kt nuclear warhead.
In the coastal defence role, the SS-N-3B Sepal is carried by a BAZ-135 8×8 wheeled TEL carrying a single missile. The TEL has a length of 13.5 m (44 ft), a width of 2.86 m (9 ft 5 in), and combat weight of 21,000 kg (46,000 lb). The TEL carries a crew of five and has a road speed of 40 km/h (25 mph).
In 1954, the Soviets built an underground anti-ship missile complex known as Object 100 in the mountains near Balaklava , to protect Sevastopol and the Soviet Union's southern maritime approaches. While it initially employed Sopka anti-ship missiles, the system was modernized to fire P-35 missiles in 1973, and 3M44 Progress missiles in 1982.
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Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
SS-N-3 Shaddock equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
VietnamReported count for P-5 Pyatyorka · SS-N-3 Shaddock P-28 P-28M. Service scope: Vietnam People's Navy; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 25. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Angolan Navy, Russian Navy, Syrian Navy, Vietnam People's Navy
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