S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) missile

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Soviet military equipment surface-to-air missile system

The S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) is a Soviet-era, high-altitude, surface-to-air missile system widely deployed during the Cold War and known for shooting down several Western reconnaissance and combat aircraft.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
S-75 Dvina	1
S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile system	1
SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missiles	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet military equipment ⓘ surface-to-air missile system ⓘ
configuration	two-stage missile ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Soviet Union ⓘ
deployment	fixed site ⓘ semi-mobile ⓘ
designedBy	Soviet Union ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ
exportedTo	Asian countries ⓘ Middle Eastern countries ⓘ Warsaw Pact countries ⓘ
guidance	command guidance ⓘ radio command ⓘ
introduced	1957 ⓘ
launchPlatform	ground-based launcher ⓘ
maxEngagementAltitude	approximately 25 kilometers ⓘ
maxRange	approximately 30–45 kilometers ⓘ
NATOReportingName	SA-2 Guideline ⓘ
notableEvent	shootdown of U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers ⓘ
notableEventDate	1960-05-01 ⓘ
notableUse	shootdown of Taiwanese and US reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ shootdown of multiple US aircraft over North Vietnam ⓘ
primaryTarget	high-altitude aircraft ⓘ
propulsion	liquid-fuel sustainer ⓘ solid-fuel booster ⓘ two-stage rocket ⓘ
radarAssociation	Fan Song fire-control radar ⓘ Spoon Rest early warning radar ⓘ
role	air defense ⓘ
serviceEntry	late 1950s ⓘ
successor	S-125 Neva/Pechora ⓘ S-200 Angara/Vega/Dubna ⓘ
type	high-altitude air defense system ⓘ
usedBy	Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba ⓘ surface form: Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces Egyptian Air Defense Forces ⓘ Iraqi Air Force ⓘ surface form: Iraqi Air Defense Korean People's Army ⓘ surface form: North Korean Air Defense Forces Soviet Air Defense Forces ⓘ Syrian Air Defense Forces ⓘ People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam People's Air Force
usedInConflict	Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ Gulf War ⓘ Iran–Iraq War ⓘ Six-Day War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ War of Attrition ⓘ Yom Kippur War ⓘ
warheadFuzing	command detonation ⓘ proximity fuze ⓘ
warheadType	high-explosive fragmentation ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Operation Rolling Thunder → airDefenseOpposition → S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) missile ⓘ

this entity surface form: SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missiles

Soviet Air Defense Forces → operatedWeaponSystem → S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) missile ⓘ

this entity surface form: S-75 Dvina

Egyptian Air Defense Forces → usesEquipment → S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) missile ⓘ

this entity surface form: S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile system

U-2 incident of 1960 → weaponType → S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) missile ⓘ