A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched...
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An air-to-surface missile (ASM) or air-to-ground missile (AGM) is a missile designed to be launched from military aircraft at targets on land or sea. There...
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This is a list of surface-to-air missiles (SAMs). Enzian – Nazi Germany Wasserfall – Nazi Germany Rheintochter – Nazi Germany Funryu – Empire of Japan...
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Javelin is a British man-portable surface-to-air missile, formerly used by the British Army and Canadian Army. It can be fired from the shoulder, or from...
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30 are a Franco-Italian family of all-weather, vertical launch surface-to-air missiles. The name "Aster" stands for "Aérospatiale Terminale", with French...
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The Type 93 Surface-to-air missile (93式近距離地対空誘導弾, 93shiki-kinkyori-titaikū-yuūdōdan) or Kin-SAM is a surface-to-air missile used by the Japan Ground Self-Defense...
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The Type 81 surface-to-air missile (81式短距離地対空誘導弾) or Tan-SAM (短SAM) is a Japanese developed surface-to-air missile currently in service with the Japan...
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The Shahin (Persian: شاهین) missile is an Iranian supersonic mid-range low to mid-altitude surface-to-air missile (SAM). It is an Iranian version of the...
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A surface-to-surface missile (SSM) or ground-to-ground missile (GGM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea and strike targets...
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(Mistral 3). Mistral is a short-range air defence (SHORAD) missile system that can be used from vehicles, surface ships, and helicopters, as well as in...
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The Type 91 surface-to-air missile (91式携帯地対空誘導弾, 91-shiki Keitai Chitaikū Yūdōdan) is a Japanese man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS). Its appearance...
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"mid-course updates" to get the missile close enough to use an active homing sensor. The concepts of air-to-air missiles and surface-to-air missiles are closely...
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Dnipro is Ukrainian prospective surface-to-air missile of middle range. It was supposed to be mounted on Volodymyr Velykyi-class corvettes. The designer...
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Akash (Hunterian: Akash, lit. 'Sky') is a medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation...
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NASAMS (redirect from National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System)
Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, also known as Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System) is a distributed and networked short- to medium-range: 4 ...
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Missiles are primarily classified into different types based on firing source and target such as surface-to-surface, air-to-surface, surface-to-air and...
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Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS or MPADS) are portable surface-to-air missiles. They are guided weapons and are a threat to low-flying aircraft...
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short, medium and long-range surface-to-air missile systems being developed by Roketsan and Aselsan since 2007. The missiles are developed by Roketsan,...
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followed by various missile programs in 70s with development of various ballistic, cruise, surface-to-air, anti- ballistic missile and orbital launch systems...
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AIM-120 AMRAAM (redirect from Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile)
AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) (/æmræm/ AM-ram) is an American beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile capable of all-weather day-and-night...
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is a mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed in the 1990s by Russia's NPO Almaz as an upgrade to the S-300 family of missiles. The S-400 was...
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as an acronym for "anti-ship missile." "AShM" may be the preferred acronym when confusion with "air-to-surface missile" (commonly abbreviated as "ASM")...
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III Martin Pescador MP-1000 anti-ship missile (AShM), air-to-surface missile (ASM) Mathogo anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) Ikara Malkara (Australian-British)...
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"Triumfator-M", is a Russian surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system supplementing the S-400 and the A-235 ABM missile system. The S-500 was developed...
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Starstreak (redirect from High Velocity Missile)
surface-to-air missile that can be used as a man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS) or used in heavier systems. It is manufactured by Thales Air Defence...
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The CAMM (Common Anti-Air Modular Missile) is a family of surface-to-air missiles developed by MBDA UK for the United Kingdom. CAMM is derived from, and...
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AGM-158 JASSM (redirect from Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile)
The AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) is a low detection standoff air-launched cruise missile developed by Lockheed Martin for the...
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air-to-surface anti-radiation missile AKBABA ALARM – British air-launched anti-radiation missile DRDO Rudram – Indian anti-radiation, air to surface missile...
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RIM-174 Standard ERAM (redirect from RIM-174 Standard Missile 6)
the original on 17 December 2023. "Raytheon's SM-6 Surface-to-Air Missile moves from low-rate to full-rate production". Navy Recognition. 6 May 2015...
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MIM-104 Patriot (redirect from PATRIOT Ground to Air Missile)
The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured...
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