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.
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Radar-guided SAMs
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French Air Force Crotale battery
- 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).
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
Laser-guided SAMS
- RBS-70 - Sweden
- Starstreak/laser Close Air Defence Missile - United Kingdom
Visually-guided SAMS
- Blowpipe - United Kingdom
- Crotale - France
- Javelin - United Kingdom
- Rapier - United Kingdom
- Wasserfall - Germany (WW2)
See also:
External links
- Rest-of-World Missile Systems (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/) from the Federation of American Scientists website
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