SS-N-3 Shaddock

The SS-N-3 Shaddock is the Western reporting name for the Soviet P-5 Pityorka family of turbojet-powered cruise missiles, designed by the Chelomey design bureau and first fielded by the Soviet Navy in 1963. NATO analysts gave the submarine-launched versions the name Shaddock and the ship and coastal-defence versions the name Sepal, although the missiles are closely related. The family began as a strategic weapon for striking land targets from submarines, then was reworked into an anti-ship missile aimed at American aircraft carriers. The missile is about 10.8 metres long and 0.98 metres across, carries swept wings that unfold after launch, and is boosted at launch by two solid-fuel motors before a turbojet takes over. It could carry a high-explosive warhead or a nuclear one. Launching submarines had to stay surfaced to guide it, which was a serious weakness. Ship and submarine versions left service by 1994, while some coastal batteries stayed in limited use.