Type 03 Chū-SAM

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The Type 03 Chū-SAM is a Japanese medium-range, surface-to-air missile system designed to defend against aircraft and cruise missiles.

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How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of Type 03 Chū-SAM

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Type 03 Chū-SAM (The Type 03 Chū-SAM is a Japanese medium-range, surface-to-air missile system designed to defend against aircraft and cruise missiles.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Type 03 Chū-SAM canonical 2
Chū-SAM 1
Type 03 Chū-SAM Kai 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medium-range air defense system ⓘ
surface-to-air missile system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chū-SAM ⓘ
SAM-4 ⓘ
Type 03 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile ⓘ
batteryComposition command and control vehicle ⓘ
fire control radar vehicle ⓘ
multiple launch vehicles ⓘ
power supply vehicle ⓘ
category Japanese military equipment ⓘ
surface-to-air missiles of Japan ⓘ
ceiling approximately 10 km ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
deploymentRole area air defense ⓘ
point defense of key installations ⓘ
designedBy Mitsubishi Electric ⓘ
designedToCounter aircraft ⓘ
cruise missiles ⓘ
developedFrom Japanese domestic technology ⓘ
developingAgency Japan Ministry of Defense ⓘ
era post–Cold War ⓘ
guidanceType active radar homing terminal guidance ⓘ
inertial guidance ⓘ
track-via-missile ⓘ
launcherMissileCapacity 6 missiles per launcher ⓘ
launchPlatform truck-mounted launcher ⓘ
manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric ⓘ
missileDiameter approximately 0.32 m ⓘ
missileLength approximately 4.9 m ⓘ
missileWeight approximately 570 kg ⓘ
mobility road-mobile ⓘ
mobilityPlatform 8x8 wheeled truck ⓘ
networkCapability can be integrated into wider air defense network ⓘ
operationalRange approximately 50 km ⓘ
operatorType military ⓘ
primaryTargetType cruise missiles ⓘ
fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ
helicopters ⓘ
propulsion solid-fuel rocket ⓘ
radarBand C-band ⓘ
radarType phased-array radar ⓘ
serviceEntry 2003 ⓘ
status in service ⓘ
successorVariant Type 03 Chū-SAM Kai ⓘ
linked to: Type 03 Chū-SAM
usedBy Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ⓘ
warheadFuzing proximity fuze ⓘ
warheadType high-explosive fragmentation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Type 03 Chū-SAM → successorVariant → Type 03 Chū-SAM Kai ⓘ
linked to: Type 03 Chū-SAM
Type 03 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile → alsoKnownAs → Chū-SAM ⓘ
linked to: Type 03 Chū-SAM