Surface-to-air missile

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A surface-to-air missile (SAM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft. It is a type of anti-aircraft system.

SAMs can be deployed from fixed installations or mobile launchers. The smallest SAMs are capable of being carried and launched by a single person.

Contents

1 Radar-guided SAMs

2 IR-guided SAMs

3 Laser-guided SAMS

4 Visually-guided SAMS

5 External links

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Radar-guided SAMs

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French Air Force Crotale battery

Bendix Rim-8 Talos surface to air missile of the US Navy

Akash Missile - India
Arrow - Israel
Aster - United Kingdom/France/Italy
Bloodhound - United Kingdom
Ground launched AMRAAM - NASAMS (AIM-120 AMRAAM AAM) - Norway
Ground launched AMRAAM - CLAWS (AIM-120 AMRAAM AAM) - United States
Ground launched AMRAAM - SLAMRAAM (AIM-120 AMRAAM AAM) - United States
MEADS - US/Germany/Italy
MIM-3 Nike Ajax - United States
MIM-14 Nike Hercules - United States
MIM-23 Hawk - United States
MIM-72 Chaparral FAADS
MIM-104 Patriot - United States
MIM-146 ADATS - United States
Nike Zeus - United States
BAe Blindfire Rapier - United Kingdom
RIM-2 Terrier - United States Navy
RIM-7 Sparrow - United States Navy
RIM-24 Tartar - United States Navy
RIM-66 Standard Missile-1 - United States Navy
RIM-67 Standard Missile-2 - United States Navy
RIM-156 Standard Missile-2ER - United States Navy
RIM-161 Standard Missile-3 - United States Navy
RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile - United States Navy
Roland - France / Germany
SA-1 'Guild' - USSR
SA-2 'Guideline' - USSR
SA-3 'Goa' - USSR
SA-4 'Ganef' - USSR
SA-5 'Gammon' - USSR
SA-6 'Gainful' - USSR
SA-8 'Gecko - USSR
SA-10 'Grumble' - USSR
SA-11 'Gadfly' - USSR
SA-12A 'Gladiator'/SA-12B 'Giant' - USSR
SA-15 'Gauntlet' - USSR
SA-17 'Grizzly' - USSR
SA-19 'Grisom' - USSR
SA-20 'Triumf' - Russia
Sea Cat - United Kingdom
Sea Dart - United Kingdom
Sea Slug - United Kingdom
Sea Wolf - United Kingdom
Trishul missile - India
Hongqi-9 - People's Republic of China

There are different types of radar guidance:

Patriot, SA-10, SA-12 and SA-20 utilise track-via-missile radar guidance.
SA-1, SA-2, SA-3, SA-6 and SA-15 utilise radar command guidance.
SA-5 utilises radar command guidance with terminal active radar homing.
SA-4, SA-11 and SA-17 utilise radar command guidance with terminal semi-active radar homing.
SA-8 utilises semi-autonomous command line-of-sight guidance (SACLOS).

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IR-guided SAMs

Anza - Pakistan
Chaparral - United States (this is a ground-launched version of the AIM-9 Sidewinder AAM)
Enzian - Germany (WW2)
FIM-43 Redeye - United States
FIM-92 Stinger - United States
Hongqi-7 - People's Republic of China
Igla - Russia
Mistral - France
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile - United States (this missile is a derivative of the AIM-9 Sidewinder and the FIM-92 Stinger).
SA-7 'Grail' - USSR
SA-9 'Gaskin - USSR
SA-13 'Gopher' - USSR
SA-14 'Gremlin' - USSR
SA-16 'Gimlet' - USSR
SA-18 'Grouse' - USSR