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List of surface-to-air missiles

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Infrared-guided SAMs

  • Al Arq (missile)- Iraq
  • Al Hurriyah (missile)- Iraq
  • Anza (missile)
    Anza (missile)
    Anza is a series of shoulder-fired, man-portable surface-to-air missiles produced by Pakistan. Guided by an infra-red homing seeker, Anza is used for low level air defence....

     MKI - China / Pakistan
  • CA-94 - Romania
  • CA-95
    CA-95
    The CA-95 is a highly mobile, short range, Romanian native-made amphibious self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon, currently in service with the Romanian Land Forces. It can carry four infrared-guided surface to air missiles and has a range of approximately 700 km...

     - Romania
  • MIM-72 Chaparral - United States (this is a ground-launched version of the AIM-9 Sidewinder
    AIM-9 Sidewinder
    The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a heat-seeking, short-range, air-to-air missile carried by fighter aircraft and recently, certain gunship helicopters. Variants and upgrades remain in active service with many air forces after five decades...

     AAM)
  • Crotale
    Crotale missile
    The Crotale EDIR is an all-weather short-range anti-air missile, which can be used to intercept low-flight anti-ship missiles and aircraft...

     - France
  • Enzian - Germany (WW2)
  • FIM-43 Redeye
    FIM-43 Redeye
    The General Dynamics FIM-43 Redeye was a man-portable surface-to-air missile system. It used infrared homing to track its target. Production was terminated in September 1969 after about 85,000 rounds had been built - in anticipation of the Redeye II, which would later become the FIM-92 Stinger...

     - United States
  • FIM-92 Stinger
    FIM-92 Stinger
    The FIM-92 Stinger is a personal portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile developed in the United States and entered into service in 1981. Used by the militaries of the U.S...

     - United States
  • IRIS-T SL
    IRIS-T
    IRIS-T is a German-led program to develop a short-range air-to-air missile to replace the AIM-9 Sidewinder...

     - Germany (also RADAR-guided)
  • LFK NG
    LFK NG
    LFK NG, which stands for "Lenkflugkörper Neue Generation" , is currently under development by LFK-Lenkflugkörpersysteme and Diehl BGT Defence as the new short-range surface-to-air missile system for the German Army as a replacement for its former Roland air defence systems and as a part of the...

     - Germany
  • HQ-7
    HQ-7
    The HongQi 7 or HQ-7 is a short-range air defense missile. The missile is deployed on both ships and land-based vehicles. China revealed the export version, FM-80, in the 1989 Dubai Aerospace Show...

     - People's Republic of China
  • Mistral
    Mistral missile
    Mistral is an infrared homing surface-to-air missile manufactured by the European multinational company MBDA missile systems . Based on the French SATCP , the portable missile later to become the Mistral began development in 1974...

     - France
  • RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
    RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
    The RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile is a small, lightweight, infrared homing surface-to-air missile in use by the United States Navy, Turkish Navy, German Navy, Hellenic Navy, Egyptian Navy, and the Republic of Korea Navy. It was intended originally and used primarily as a point-defense weapon...

     - United States/Germany, has also initial passive radar (ESM) guidance
  • SA-7 "Grail" - USSR
  • SA-9 "Gaskin
    SA-9 Gaskin
    The 9K31 Strela-1 is a highly mobile, short-range, low altitude infra-red guided surface-to-air missile system. Originally developed by the Soviet Union under the GRAU designation 9K31, it is commonly known by its NATO reporting name, SA-9 "Gaskin"...

     - USSR
  • SA-13 "Gopher"
    SA-13 Gopher
    The 9K35 Strela-10 is a highly mobile, visually-aimed, optical/infra-red guided, low-altitude, short-range surface to air missile system. "9K35" is its GRAU designation; its NATO reporting name is SA-13 "Gopher".-Development:...

     - USSR
  • SA-14 "Gremlin" - USSR
  • SA-16 "Gimlet" - USSR
  • SA-18 "Grouse"
    SA-18 Grouse
    The 9K38 Igla is a Russian/Soviet man-portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile . "9K38" is the Russian GRAU designation of the system...

     - USSR
  • Type 91 - Japan
  • Umkhonto-IR
    Umkhonto missile
    Umkhonto is a South African, vertical launch surface-to-air missile manufactured by Denel Aerospace Systems available in infrared homing and radar homing version ....

     - South Africa
  • GROM
    Grom (missile)
    The GROM is a man-portable air-defense system produced in Poland. It consists of a 72 mm anti-aircraft missile set with a flight speed of 650 m/s, as well as a one-use launcher, re-usable gripstock and thermal battery coolant assembly electric unit...

     - Poland

Laser-guided SAMs

  • RBS-70 - Sweden
  • Starstreak/laser
    Starstreak missile
    Starstreak is a British short range surface-to-air missile manufactured by Thales Air Defence Limited , in Belfast. It is also known as Starstreak HVM where HVM stands for "High Velocity Missile". After launch the missile accelerates to approximately Mach 3.5, at which point it launches three laser...

     Close Air Defence Missile - United Kingdom
  • Starburst/laser
    Starburst surface-to-air missile
    Starburst is a British man-portable surface-to-air missile produced by Shorts Missile Systems of Belfast . It is used by the British Army, Malaysian Army, and in the Canadian Army as the Javelin...

     Close Air Defence Missile - United Kingdom

Visually-guided SAMs

  • Blowpipe
    Blowpipe missile
    The Shorts Blowpipe is a man-portable surface-to-air missile which was in use with the British Army and Royal Marines from 1975. It was superseded by an interim design, Javelin, and later the greatly improved Starstreak missile.-Description:...

     - United Kingdom
  • IDAS - Germany
  • Javelin
    Javelin surface-to-air missile
    Javelin is a British man-portable surface-to-air missile, formerly used by the British Army and Canadian Army. It can be fired from the shoulder, or from a dedicated launcher known as Javelin LML—Lightweight Multiple Launcher...

     - United Kingdom
  • Rapier
    Rapier missile
    Rapier is a British surface-to-air missile developed for the British Army and Royal Air Force. Entering service in 1971, it eventually replaced all other anti-aircraft weapons in Army service; guns for low-altitude targets, and the English Electric Thunderbird...

    - United Kingdom