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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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