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Surface-To-Air Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 6 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Surface-To-Air, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

6 weapon systems

Aster 30 / Sea Viper air-defense missile, Ship-launched surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense

Air DefenseAster 30 / Sea Viper air-defense missileShip-launched surface-to-air missile systemSide: United KingdomBuilt: MBDA / France, Italy, and United KingdomAster 30, known in Royal Navy service as Sea Viper, is the vertically launched missile behind the Type 45 destroyers' principal area air-defense system. It has intercepted drones and a missile in the Red Sea and is being upgraded for ballistic-missile defense.

AIM-120 AMRAAM, Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, Munitions

MunitionsAIM-120 AMRAAMBeyond-visual-range air-to-air missileSide: United StatesNATOUnited States-led coalitionUkraineBuilt: Raytheon / United StatesThe AIM-120 AMRAAM is Raytheon's U.S.-built, all-weather beyond-visual-range missile family with inertial midcourse guidance and active radar terminal homing. It entered U.S. service in 1991, became a combat air-to-air weapon in the Iraqi no-fly-zone conflict, and is also fired from NASAMS launchers as a surface-to-air interceptor in Ukraine.

9M317E surface-to-air missile, Export surface-to-air missile, Munitions

Munitions9M317E surface-to-air missileExport surface-to-air missileSide: UnknownBuilt: Almaz-Antey / RussiaThe 9M317E is the export Buk-family surface-to-air missile carried by Buk-M2E launchers. Almaz-Antey describes the 9M317 family as a medium-range missile used with Buk-M2E systems, while Army Recognition identifies the export Buk-M2E TELAR as carrying four ready-to-launch 9M317E missiles.

MICA, Multi-mission air-to-air and air-defense missile family, Munitions

MunitionsMICAMulti-mission air-to-air and air-defense missile familySide: UkraineFranceBuilt: MBDA / FranceMBDA's MICA is a French multi-mission missile family used from Rafale and Mirage 2000-5 fighters and adapted into VL MICA surface-air systems. It pairs RF and imaging-infrared seeker options in a 112-kilogram, 3.1-meter missile class; recent reporting documents Ukrainian Mirage 2000-5 carriage in the Russia-Ukraine War and French Rafale use during the 2026 Iran War.

Anti-aircraft missiles, Ship-launched anti-aircraft missile, Munitions

MunitionsAnti-aircraft missilesShip-launched anti-aircraft missileSide: UnknownBuilt: KBP Instrument Design Bureau / RussiaShip-launched anti-aircraft missiles associated with North Korea's Choe Hyon destroyer. CSIS described the ship's air-defense fit as Russian Pantsir-M and reported anti-aircraft missile launches during the vessel's 28 April 2025 test activity.

Project 22350 Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate, Guided-missile frigate, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsProject 22350 Admiral Gorshkov-class frigateGuided-missile frigateSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Severnaya Verf / RussiaThe Project 22350 Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate is a Russian multirole guided-missile frigate family built by Severnaya Verf and designed by Severnoye Design Bureau for ocean-going escort, air defense, anti-submarine warfare, and long-range strike. It is notable as the first Russian surface ship class integrated with Tsirkon hypersonic missiles.