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The Raytheon MIM-23 HAWK ("Homing All the Way Killer") [2] is an American medium-range surface-to-air missile. It was designed to be a much more mobile counterpart to the MIM-14 Nike Hercules , trading off range and altitude capability for a much smaller size and weight.
Sedjil (Persian: سجیل) is an Iranian semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile. [1] [6] [7] It is made by the Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force and is actually a modified version of the surface-to-air MIM-23 HAWK. The Sedjil weighs approximately 500 kg, its length is 5 meters and its diameter is ...
The system was developed by Toshiba as a replacement for the 75 mm M51 Skysweeper and M15A1 37 mm/12.7 mm anti-aircraft guns. Designed as a mobile short-range system to fill the performance gap between the FIM-92 Stinger man portable missile, and the larger MIM-23 Hawk missile system, which were both in service at the time.
On 10 October 1963, the Anti-aircraft Artillery School formed Italy's first Anti-aircraft Missile Battery equipped with MIM-23 Hawk air defence missile systems. On 1 October 1964, the regiment was reorganized as missile air defence regiment and renamed 4th Anti-aircraft Missile Artillery Regiment.
On 15 December 1926 the 9th Anti-aircraft Artillery Center was formed in Pescara, which incorporated the existing 9th Anti-aircraft Group.On 1 January 1927 the center consisted of a command, a mixed group with two trucked batteries with 75/27 C.K. anti-aircraft guns and a positional battery with 76/45 anti-aircraft guns, a photo-electricians unit, and a depot.
The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied nations. On 15 October 1964, the Secretary of Defense directed that the Army Air Defense System for the 1970s (AADS-70s) program name be changed to Surface-to-Air Missile, Development (SAM-D). [10]
Mersad (Persian: مرصاد, meaning 'Ambush') is an Iranian low- to mid-range air defense system developed in 2010. [2] It fires Shahin (Falcon) missiles which are reverse-engineered, domestically upgraded versions of the American MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missiles. It uses a series of domestically produced radars and electronic devices. [3]
During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Air Defense Network was part of the Artillery Corps, primarily relying on machine guns. During the 1960s, 40 mm radar-guided anti-aircraft guns were introduced, and in 1965, MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missiles. The latter were operated by the Air Force's surface-to-air units.