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Surface-to-air missile

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.

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

See also:

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

External links

Rest-of-World Missile Systems (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/) from the Federation of American Scientists website

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