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.

SAMs can be deployed from fixed installations or mobile launchers. The smallest SAMs are capable of being carried and launched by a single person.

Contents 1 Radar-guided SAMs 2 IR-guided SAMs 3 External links 3.1 References

Radar-guided SAMs

• CLAWS
• HUMRAAM
• MIM-23 Hawk - United States
• MIM-72 Chaparral FAADS
• MIM-104 Patriot - United States
• BAe Blindfire Rapier - United Kingdom
• MEADS
• SA-2 - Russia
• SA-5 - Russia
• SA-6 - Russia
• SA-10 - Russia

IR-guided SAMs

• FIM-43 Redeye - United States
• Chaparral - United States (this is a ground-launched version of the AIM-9 Sidewinder AAM)
• FIM-92 Stinger - United States
• SA-7 - Russia
• Igla - Russia

See also:

• List of NATO reporting names for surface-to-air missiles

External links

• Rest-of-World Missile Systems from the Federation of American Scientists website

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References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Surface-to-air_missile" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile, used under the GNU Free Documentation License