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After trials of the S-25 Berkut in 1955, the Soviet Union started development of the RS-25 Dal long-range missile system with the V-400/5V11 missile. It was initially assigned the "SA-5" designation in the West [4] and codenamed "Griffon", but the project was abandoned in 1964. [5] The SA-5 designation was then assigned to the S-200.
2.14 South Africa. 2.15 South Korea. 2.16 Sweden. ... List of surface-to-air missiles. ... World War II. Enzian – Nazi Germany;
SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missiles, one of the most widely deployed SAM systems in the world In the immediate post-war era, SAM developments were under way around the world, with several of these entering service in the early- and mid-1950s.
Akash-NG: successor to Akash and Akash-1S surface-to-air missiles (under testing) Barak 8: long-range surface-to-air missile MR-SAM: IAF and IA variants; LR-SAM: Indian navy variants; QRSAM: DRDO, BEL and BDL's quick reaction surface-to-air missile; IAF's SAMAR Air Defence System; VL-SRSAM: DRDL and BDL's short range surface-to-air missile ...
NATO reporting name corresponding to US DoD SA series surface-to-air missiles, with Soviet designations or Chinese designations: To differentiate Russian missiles from similarly named Chinese ones, RS prefix was added to the US DoD reporting name.
The 9K32 Strela-2 (Russian: Cтрела, lit. 'Arrow'; NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail) is a light-weight, shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile or MANPADS system. It is designed to target aircraft at low altitudes with passive infrared-homing guidance and destroy them with a high-explosive warhead.
In 1997, the Iranian Air Defense forces declared the Almaz S-200 Angara (SA-5 'Gammon') low-to high-altitude surface-to-air missile (SAM) operational. In December 2005, Iran entered into a contract to purchase 29 TOR-M1 (SA-15 Gauntlet) mobile surface-to-air missile defense systems from Russia worth more than US$700 million (EUR 600 million).
The first V-300 missile was fired 25 July 1951 at the Kapustin Yar test range. The missile, which went by a variety of names depending on the version, used a single liquid-propellant rocket motor. Although its maximum speed was on the order of Mach 2.5, it had a low initial velocity which limited its engagement capability against supersonic ...