Type 03 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile

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The Type 03 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile is a Japanese ground-based air defense system designed to intercept and destroy aircraft and cruise missiles at medium ranges.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf medium-range air defense system
surface-to-air missile system
alsoKnownAs Chū-SAM NERFINISHED
Type 03 Chū-SAM NERFINISHED
category Japanese surface-to-air missiles
medium-range surface-to-air missiles
military equipment of Japan
component command and control vehicle
fire control radar vehicle
missile launcher vehicle
power supply vehicle
control ground-based command and control system
countryOfOrigin Japan
deploymentConfiguration battalion-level air defense units
deploymentEnvironment land
deploymentPlatform ground-based launcher
designedBy Mitsubishi Electric NERFINISHED
designedFor air defense
designedToIntercept aircraft
cruise missiles
engagementCapability multiple simultaneous targets
engagementRange medium range
era 21st century
guidanceType active radar homing
inertial guidance
track-via-missile
introducedBy Japan Ground Self-Defense Force NERFINISHED
launcherType truck-mounted launcher
manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric NERFINISHED
mobility road-mobile
networkIntegration Japanese air defense network
operator Japan NERFINISHED
originatesFrom Japan Ground Self-Defense Force air defense modernization program NERFINISHED
primaryUser Japan Ground Self-Defense Force NERFINISHED
propulsion solid-fuel rocket motor
radarType phased-array radar
replaced older Japanese medium-range SAM systems
role area air defense
point defense
serviceEntry 2003
status in service
threatTypeCountered cruise missiles
fixed-wing aircraft
rotary-wing aircraft
trackingMethod radar tracking
usedBy Japan Ground Self-Defense Force NERFINISHED
warheadType high-explosive fragmentation

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Type 03 Chū-SAM alsoKnownAs Type 03 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile