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Swedish Navy Nord SS.11 1958 V17005

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Swedish Navy Nord SS.11 1958 V17005

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Nord Aviation SS.11 missiles, mounted on the Swedish Navy torpedo boat HMS Antares (T109), docked at Karlskrona Naval Base.
Despite the SS.11 being an anti-tank missile, it was used by the Swedish Navy as an anti-ship missile, with the purpose of taking out Warsaw Pact landing crafts, making it the smallest anti-ship missile in the world. The SS.11 was designated as the Robot 53 by the Swedish Navy.

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1958
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