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. It is a type of anti-aircraft system.

SAMs can be deployed from fixed installations or mobile launchers. The smallest SAMs, developed by the Soviet Union, are capable of being carried and launched by a single person. Soviet SAMs have been exported around the world and can still be found in many of their former client states.

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Radar-guided SAMs

French Air Force Crotale battery
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French Air Force Crotale battery
Bendix Rim-8 Talos surface to air missile of the US Navy
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Bendix Rim-8 Talos surface to air missile of the US Navy


There are different types of radar guidance:

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IR-guided SAMs

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Laser-guided SAMS

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Visually-guided SAMS

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List of missiles

Air-to-air missile (AAM) | Air-to-surface missile (ASM) | Surface-to-air missile (SAM) | Surface-to-surface missile (SSM)
Ballistic missile | Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) | Submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) | Anti-ballistic missile (ABM)
Cruise missile | Anti-ship missile (AShM) | Anti-submarine Rocket (ASROC) | Anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) | Anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) | Anti-radiation missile
Wire-guided missile | Infrared guidance | Beam riding | Laser guidance | Active radar guidance | Semi-active radar guidance



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