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Land-based platforms (SAMP/T) Loading onto HMS Diamond. The Aster 15 and Aster 30 are a Franco-Italian family of all-weather, vertical launch surface-to-air missiles. [5] The name " Aster " stands for "Aérospatiale Terminale", with French company Aérospatiale having been the project's lead contractor before its missile activities were merged ...
The S-400 Triumf (Russian: C-400 Триумф – Triumf; translation: Triumph; NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler ), previously known as the S-300 PMU-3, [4] is a mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed in the 1990s by Russia's NPO Almaz as an upgrade to the S-300 family of missiles.
CIM-10 BOMARC. MIM-23 Hawk. MIM-72 Chaparral – This is a ground-launched version of the AIM-9 Sidewinder AAM. MIM-104 Patriot. RIM-24 Tartar. RIM-2 Terrier. RIM-8 Talos. RIM-7 Sea Sparrow (aka Basic Point Defense Missile System) (BPDMS) RIM-50 Typhon.
NASAMS ( National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, also known as Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System [5]) is a distributed and networked short- to medium-range [6] : 4 ground-based air defense system developed by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) and Raytheon. [7] The system defends against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs ...
The Medium Extended Air Defense System ( MEADS) is a ground-mobile air and missile defense system intended to replace the Patriot missile system through a NATO-managed development. [1] The program is a development of the United States, Germany and Italy. MEADS is designed to address the shortcomings of fielded systems and to permit full ...
160 km (max) The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar component of the weapon system. The AN/MPQ-53 at the heart of the system is known as the ...
There were approximately 67,000 air defense troops in Ukraine in 1992. The new Air Defence Forces headquarters was formed on the basis of the HQ 8th Air Defence Army. There were three air defence corps: the 28th ( Lviv ), 49th (Odesa), and 60th ( Dnipropetrovsk ). All three air defence corps were taken over by Ukraine on 1 February 1992.
This is a table of the most widespread or notable anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems intended in whole or part to counter ballistic missiles.Since many systems have developed in stages or have many iterations or upgrades, only the most notable versions are described.