SA-2 Guideline

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SA-2 Guideline is a Soviet-designed, high-altitude, surface-to-air missile system widely deployed during the Cold War and famously used to shoot down the U-2 spy plane in 1960.

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SA-2 Guideline canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military equipment
surface-to-air missile system
altitudeCapability high-altitude
conflict Cold War
controlSystem ground-based radar command guidance
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
deployment fixed sites
semi-mobile launchers
deploymentEnvironment ground-based
designedBy Soviet design bureaus
designedFor high-altitude air defense
era Cold War
exportedTo China
Cuba
Egypt
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
surface form: North Vietnam

numerous other Soviet-aligned states
guidanceType command-guided
influenceOn development of electronic countermeasures
subsequent Western aircraft tactics
introducedInPeriod late 1950s
launchPlatform ground launcher
NATOReportingName SA-2 Guideline self-link
notableEvent shootdown of U-2 spy plane in 1960
notableImpact demonstrated vulnerability of high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft
notableTarget Lockheed U-2
originLanguageDesignation S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) missile
surface form: S-75 Dvina
primaryUsers Soviet Air Defense Forces
propulsion two-stage solid-fuel rocket
radarSupport Fan Song fire-control radar
Spoon Rest early warning radar
surface form: P-12 Spoon Rest early warning radar
rangeCategory medium-to-long range
role air defense
strategicRole defense against bombers
defense against strategic reconnaissance aircraft
targetType aircraft
usedBy Soviet Union
Warsaw Pact
various allied states of the Soviet Union
usedIn Arab–Israeli conflict
surface form: Arab–Israeli conflicts

Iran–Iraq War
Six-Day War
Vietnam War
War of Attrition
Yom Kippur War
various regional conflicts during the Cold War
warheadType high-explosive fragmentation

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) missile NATOReportingName SA-2 Guideline
subject surface form: S-75 Dvina
SA-2 Guideline NATOReportingName SA-2 Guideline self-link