NATO reporting name
NATO reporting names are code names for military equipment from Russia, China, and historically, the Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw Pact). They provide unambiguous and easily understood English words in a uniform man ...
for SA series
surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft syst ...
s, with
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
designations:
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SA-1 "
Guild
A guild ( ) is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular area. The earliest types of guild formed as organizations of tradesmen belonging to a professional association. They sometim ...
" (S-25 ''Berkut'')
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SA-2 "
Guideline" (S-75 ''Dvina''/''Volkhov''/''Desna'')
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SA-3
The S-125 ''Neva/Pechora'' (russian: С-125 "Нева"/"Печора", NATO reporting name SA-3 ''Goa'') is a Soviet surface-to-air missile system that was designed by Aleksei Isaev to complement the S-25 and S-75. It has a shorter effective ra ...
"
Goa" (S-125 ''Nyeva'')
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SA-4 "
Ganef" (9M8 ''Krug'')
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SA-5 "
Gammon" (S-200 ''Volga'')
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SA-6 "
Gainful" (2K12 ''Kub''/''Kvadrat'')
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SA-7
The 9K32 Strela-2 (russian: Cтрела, "arrow"; NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail) is a light-weight, shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile (or MANPADS) system. It is designed to target aircraft at low altitudes with passive infrared homing gui ...
"
Galosh" and "
Grail
The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) was an American lunar science mission in NASA's Discovery Program which used high-quality gravitational field mapping of the Moon to determine its interior structure. The two small spacecraf ...
" (9K32 ''Strela-2'')
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SA-8
The 9K33 ''Osa'' (, literally "wasp"; NATO reporting name SA-8 ''Gecko'') is a highly mobile, low-altitude, short-range tactical surface-to-air missile system developed in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and fielded in 1972. Its export version na ...
"
Gecko
Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from .
Geckos a ...
" (9K33 ''Osa'')
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SA-9
The 9K31 ''Strela-1'' (russian: 9К31 «Стрела-1»; en, arrow) 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 c ...
"
Gaskin" (9K31 ''Strela-1'')
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SA-10
The S-300 (NATO reporting name SA-10 Grumble) is a series of long range surface-to-air missile systems developed and operated by the former Soviet Union, now fielded by the militaries of Russia and Ukraine as well as several other former Easte ...
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Grumble" (S-300P/PS/PT)
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SA-11 "
Gadfly" (9K37 ''Buk'')
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SA-12 "
Gladiator/Giant" (S-300V)
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SA-13 "
Gopher" (9K35 ''Strela-10'')
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SA-14
The 9K34 Strela-3 (russian: 9К34 «Стрела-3», 'arrow', NATO reporting name: SA-14 Gremlin) is a man-portable air defense missile system (MANPADS) developed in the Soviet Union as a response to the poor performance of the earlier 9K32 Str ...
"
Gremlin
A gremlin is a mischievous folkloric creature invented at the beginning of the 20th century to originally explain malfunctions in aircraft and later in other machinery and processes and their operators. Depictions of these creatures vary widely ...
" (9K36 ''Strela-3'')
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SA-15
The Tor (russian: Тор; en, torus) is an all-weather, low- to medium-altitude, short-range surface-to-air missile system designed for destroying airplanes, helicopters, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and short-range ballistic thr ...
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Gauntlet" (9K330/9K331/9K332 ''Tor'')
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SA-16
The 9K38 Igla (russian: Игла́, "needle", NATO reporting name SA-18 Grouse) is a Russian/Soviet man-portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. A simplified, earlier version is known as the 9K310 Igla-1 (NATO: SA-16 Gimle ...
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Gimlet
Gimlet may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Gimlet Media, a media network that produces journalistic and narrative podcasts
* Gimlet (Transformers), a fictional character
* Captain Lorrington "Gimlet" King, a fictional character in a se ...
" (9K310 ''Igla-1'')
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SA-17
The Buk (russian: link=no, "Бук"; "beech" (tree), ) is a family of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile systems developed by the Soviet Union and its successor state, the Russian Federation, and designed to counter cruise mis ...
"
Grizzly
The grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis''), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America.
In addition to the mainland grizzly (''Ursus arctos horri ...
" (9K37 ''Buk-M1-2'')
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SA-18 "
Grouse
Grouse are a group of birds from the order Galliformes, in the family Phasianidae. Grouse are presently assigned to the tribe Tetraonini (formerly the subfamily Tetraoninae and the family Tetraonidae), a classification supported by mitochondria ...
" (9K38 ''Igla'')
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SA-19 "
Grison" (2K22 ''Tunguska'')
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SA-20 "
Gargoyle
In architecture, and specifically Gothic architecture, a gargoyle () is a carved or formed grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building, thereby preventing it from running down masonry wa ...
" (S-300PM/PMU ''Favorit'')
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SA-21 "
Growler" (S-400 ''Triumf'')
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SA-22 "
Greyhound
The English Greyhound, or simply the Greyhound, is a breed of dog, a sighthound which has been bred for coursing, greyhound racing and hunting. Since the rise in large-scale adoption of retired racing Greyhounds, the breed has seen a resurgenc ...
" (Pantsir-S1)
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SA-23 "
Gladiator/Giant" (S-300VM "Antey-2500")
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SA-24 "
Grinch
The Grinch is a fictional character created by Dr. Seuss. He is best known as the main character of the 1957 children's book '' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'' He has been portrayed and voiced by many different actors, including Boris Karloff ...
" (9K338 Igla-S)
* SA-X-25 "
9M337 Sosna-R"
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SA-26 "Pechora-2M"
* SA-27 Gollum "
Buk missile system
The Buk (russian: link=no, "Бук"; "beech" (tree), ) is a family of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile systems developed by the Soviet Union and its successor state, the Russian Federation, and designed to counter cruise mi ...
" (''Buk-M3'')
* SA-X-28 "
S-350E Vityaz 50R6"
* SA-29 VERBA 9M336 "
9K333 Verba
The 9K333 ''Verba'' (russian: Верба, "Willow") is a Russian fourth-generation man-portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM) MANPADS. "9K333" is the Russian GRAU designation of the system.
Its NATO reporting name is SA-25.
History
...
" (9K333 Verba "Willow")
U.S. DoD designations for SA-N series
naval
A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It inclu ...
surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft syst ...
s, with
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
designations. Note that these are not standard
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two N ...
names, NATO uses the regular SA series for naval SAMS also, however the US DoD refers to them by these names:
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SA-N-1 Goa (4К90 ''Volna'') ''
A-3'
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SA-N-2 Guideline (М-2 ''Volkhov-M'') ''
A-2'
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SA-N-3 Goblet (4K60/4K65 ''Shtorm'')
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SA-N-4 Gecko (9M33 ''Osa-M'') ''
A-8'
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SA-N-5 Grail (9K32 ''Strela-2'') ''
A-7'
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SA-N-6 Grumble (S-300F ''Fort'') ''
A-10
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). In service since 1976, it is named for the Republic ...
'
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SA-N-7 Gadfly (9M38/9M38M ''Uragan'')
''
A-11
A11, A 11 or A-11 may refer to:
Military
* Aero A.11, a Czechoslovakian bomber produced before World War II
* Consolidated A-11, an attack version of the Consolidated P-30 fighter plane of the 1930s
* HMS ''A11'', an A-class submarine of the Roy ...
'
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SA-N-8 Gremlin" (9K34 ''Strela-3'') ''
A-14'
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SA-N-9 Gauntlet (3K95 ''Kinzhal'') ''
A-15'
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SA-N-10 Grouse (3M38 ''Igla'') ''
A-18 A18 or A-18 is a three-character acronym that may refer to:
* A18 road (disambiguation), in several countries
* A-18 Shrike, a Curtiss Model 76A twin radial engine monoplane service test aircraft of the mid-1930s
* Aero A.18, a Czech fighter air ...
'
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SA-N-11 Grison (3M87 ''Kashtan'') ''
A-19'
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SA-N-12 Grizzly (3K37 ''Smerch/Shtil'') ''
A-17'
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SA-N-14 Grouse (9K38 Igla)
A-18 A18 or A-18 is a three-character acronym that may refer to:
* A18 road (disambiguation), in several countries
* A-18 Shrike, a Curtiss Model 76A twin radial engine monoplane service test aircraft of the mid-1930s
* Aero A.18, a Czech fighter air ...
*
SA-N-20 Gargoyle (S-300FM)
A-20
References
See also
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NATO reporting name
NATO reporting names are code names for military equipment from Russia, China, and historically, the Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw Pact). They provide unambiguous and easily understood English words in a uniform man ...
{{Russian and Soviet missiles, SAM
surface-to-air missiles
A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft sys ...