SA-5 Gammon

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SA-5 Gammon is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet long-range S-200 surface-to-air missile system designed to engage high-altitude aircraft and strategic targets.

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Surface form Occurrences
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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NATO reporting name
surface-to-air missile system
control ground-controlled via radar
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Soviet Union
deploymentMode fixed site-based system
deploymentPlatform fixed launcher
designedBy Soviet design bureaus for air defense
designedToEngage high-altitude aircraft
strategic targets
engagementAltitude high altitude
engagementRange long range
era Cold War
guidanceSystem semi-active radar homing
introduced 1960s
launchConfiguration rail-launched
NATOReportingName SA-5 Gammon NERFINISHED
networkIntegration integrated into national air defense networks
operatedWith associated target acquisition radars
operator Algeria (historical) NERFINISHED
Bulgaria (historical) NERFINISHED
Czechoslovakia (historical) NERFINISHED
East Germany (historical) NERFINISHED
India (historical) NERFINISHED
Iran NERFINISHED
Libya (historical) NERFINISHED
North Korea NERFINISHED
Poland (historical) NERFINISHED
Russia (post-Soviet legacy use) NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
Syria NERFINISHED
Ukraine (post-Soviet legacy use) NERFINISHED
primaryTargetType reconnaissance aircraft
strategic bombers
support aircraft
propulsion two-stage solid-fuel booster and liquid-fuel sustainer
refersTo S-200 NERFINISHED
role long-range air defense
successor S-300 surface-to-air missile system NERFINISHED
type long-range SAM
usedBy Soviet Air Defence Forces NERFINISHED
Warsaw Pact countries NERFINISHED
export customers in Asia
export customers in North Africa
export customers in the Middle East
usedFor strategic airspace defense
warheadType high-explosive fragmentation
optionally nuclear (in Soviet service)

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