Surface-to-air missile
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A surface-to-air missile, also known as a ground-to-air missile or surface-to-air guided weapon, is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea to destroy aircraft or other missiles.
A pair of S-300 missiles being launched in Ukraine
A Wasserfall missile lifts off during a test flight.
Nike Ajax was the first operational SAM system.
SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missiles, one of the most widely deployed SAM systems in the world.
S-75 Dvina
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The S-75 is a Soviet-designed, high-altitude air defence system. It is built around a surface-to-air missile with command guidance. Following its first deployment in 1957 it became one of the most wid
Surface-to-air missile
…increasingly pushed gun-based systems into the shortest-range roles. The American Nike Ajax was the first operational SAM system, and the Soviet Union's S-75 Dvina was the most-produced SAM system. Widely used modern examples include the Patriot and S-300 wide-area systems, SM-6 and MBDA Aster Missile naval missiles…
S-75 Dvina in the National Museum of Military History, Sofia, Bulgaria
S-75 Guideline missile on display at the National Air and Space Museum
Rear view showing the solid-propellant booster nozzle, as displayed in Imperial War Museum Duxford
The S-75 in transport configuration