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Proliferation of Advanced Surface to Air Missiles


June 2009
Updated June 2011
by Dr Carlo Kopp
Text, Line Art © 2008 - 2011 Carlo Kopp




Operational PLA S-300PMU2 Favorit / SA-20B 5P85TE2 TEL launching a 48N6E2 round (Chinese Internet).

S-300P Series Systems - SA-10 / HQ-9 / SA-20 / SA-21 Proliferation
S-300V Series Systems - SA-12 / SA-23 Proliferation

Almaz/Almaz-Antey S-300P Series Systems - SA-10 / HQ-9 / SA-20 / SA-21
Almaz-Antey S-300V Series Systems - SA-12 / SA-23

Variant
Designation
S-300PT
S-300PS
S-300PM
S-300PMU
HQ-9
FD-2000
FT-2000
S-300PMU1
S-300PMU2
Favorit
S-400
Triumf
S-300V1
S-300V2
S-300V4
S-300VM
Antey
2500

NATO
SA-10A
SA-10B
SA-10C
SA-10C

SA-20
SA-20
SA-21
SA-12 SA-23
Former USSR / Warsaw Pact
Russia
6 BATG
26 BATG 20 BATG -
-
YESF YESF 3 BAT
10 RGT -
Belarus
3 BAT
5 BAT
-
-
-
-
-
TBA
- -
Ukraine
14 BAT
11 BAT
-
-
-
-
-
-
1 BDE -
Kazakhstan
-
-
3 BAT
N BATM
-
-
10 BAT
TBAL
- -
Bulgaria -
-
-
1 BAT
-
-
-
-
-
-
Slovakia -
-
-
1 BAT
-
-
-
-
-
-
Post Cold War


China
-
-
-
32 TEL
64 TEL
64 TEL
32-64 TELH
-
-
-
Greece
-
-
-
-
-
3 BAT
-
-
-
-
PakistanN
-
-
-
-
TBA
-
-
-
-
-
Vietnam -
-
-
-
-
-
2 BAT
-
-
-
Iran 4 BATB
3 BATC
-
-
TBDK
5 BATK -
-
-
-
Saudi Arabia
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
TBAP
-
-
SyriaA
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Libya
-
-
-
-
-
-
4 BATD
-
-
-
Algeria
-
-
-
-
-
-
8 BATE
-
-
-
VenezuelaJ
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2-5 BATJ











A - claimed repeatedly, but no supporting evidence ever made available.
B - claimed in 2007 but later denied by Belarus.
C - claimed in 1997 but later denied by Kazakhstan.
D - order reported but IOC unknown currently.
E - order reported but IOC unknown currently.
F - reported ~100 batteries operational, including batteries deployed in Armenia and Kazakhstan.
G - reported ~50 batteries in storage or inactive.
H - reported as two separate 8 battery purchases.
J - expected to order S-300V or S-300VM systems, numbers yet to be disclosed.
K - reported interest in procuring FD-2000 in preference to S-300PMU1; S-300PMU1 order may be cancelled.
L - Kazakhstan publicly stated an intent to procure the S-400.
M - Russian sources cite "several" batteries transferred free of charge to Kazakhstan to replace withdrawn Russian batteries.
N - claimed procurement of 3 regiments; number of TELs and BATs unknown.
P - Saudi S-400 purchase negotiations under way since mid 2009 for undisclosed number of BATs.
Battery composition - typical a battery deploys 3 to 12 four round 5P85 TELs with one engagement radar. Acquisition radars are usually shared between multiple batteries.


Legend: Red - Operators/purchasers of SA-10/12/20/21 Orange - Prospective operators / stated interest (Syria, Venezuela, Turkey, India, Pakistan (FD-2000), Indonesia)

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The S-300PMU / SA-10C is the most widely exported variant of the earlier S-300P models, and is largely based on the baseline S-300PS / SA-10B Grumble. Above and below, 5P85SE smart TEL and 5P85DE dumb TEL of the Slovakian Army on parade in Bratislava, in 2008 (images © Miroslav Gyűrösi).





Above, below: S-400 battery components at Elektrostal' (© 2010, Yevgeniy Yerokhin, Missiles.ru).





S-400 5P90S TEL deploying antenna (© 2011 Vitaliy V. Kuzmin).




The S-300V/S-300VM/VMK/Antey-2500 is the world's only truly mobile Anti Ballistic Missile system, and later variants are claimed to be capable of intercepting 4.5 km/sec reentry speed targets. The large size of the Grill Pan phased array and TELAR command link and illuminator antennas is evident. The system provides the capability to engage very low RCS aircraft at ranges in excess of 100 nautical miles. Below: 9M82 Giant round (images © Miroslav Gyűrösi).




9S32 Grill Pan S-300V engagement radar deployed on an Article 830 series tracked vehicle (NIEMI image).








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