S-200

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The S-200 is a long-range, Soviet-era surface-to-air missile system designed primarily to engage high-altitude aircraft and strategic targets.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
S-200 canonical 2
S-200A system variant 1
S-200A variant 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf long-range air defense system
surface-to-air missile system
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
deploymentMode fixed site
semi-mobile
designedFor engaging high-altitude aircraft
engaging strategic targets
developedBy Soviet design bureaus for air defense
engagementAltitude up to 40 km (variant-dependent)
engagementRange up to 240 km (variant-dependent)
era Cold War
guidanceType semi-active radar homing
introducedIn 1960s
launchWeight approximately 7100 kg
missileDiameter about 0.86 m
missileLength about 10.8 m
NATOReportingName SA-5 Gammon
notableIncident involved in 2001 Black Sea Tu-154 shootdown during Ukrainian exercise
shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 902 in 1978 (attributed to S-200 use)
used by Syria in multiple engagements with Israeli aircraft
operationalStatus partially in service in some countries
primaryTargets AWACS aircraft
linked to: A-50 AWACS

reconnaissance aircraft
stand-off jamming aircraft
strategic bombers
propulsion two-stage solid-fuel booster and liquid-fuel sustainer
radarRole target illumination and missile guidance
radarSystem 5N62 Square Pair
serviceEntry 1967
successorSystem S-300
linked to: S-300P series
systemComponents command and control equipment
engagement radar
launchers
usedBy Algeria
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Hungary
India
Iran
Libya
North Korea
Poland
Russia
Soviet Air Defence Forces
Syria
Ukraine
warheadType high-explosive fragmentation
warheadWeight approximately 217 kg

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Referenced by (4)

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

SA-5 Gammon refersTo S-200
V-860 associatedWith S-200A variant
linked to: S-200
V-880 associatedWith S-200A system variant
linked to: S-200