Common Soviet Air Defense Systems and their Corresponding NATO Reporting Names
Soviet Designation | NATO Reporting Name | Miscellaneous notes |
S-75 Dvina | SA-2 Guideline | Shot down Francis Gary Powers' U-2 |
S-125 Neva | SA-3 Goa | Short-range air defense system complementary to the S-75, North Vietnam used the S-75 and the S-125 both to great effect |
2K12 Kub | SA-6 Gainful | Was widely used in the 1973 Yom Kippur War — proved to be a nasty suprise for the Israelis |
9K32 Strela-2 | SA-7 Grail | First Soviet MANPAD, somewhat comparable to the Stinger's predecessor, the FIM-43 Redeye |
9K33 Osa | SA-8 Gecko | The first mobile all-in-one system incorporating radars and missiles on the same vehicle |
S-300 | SA-10 Grumble | Widely deployed theater air defense system, capable of fielding a large variety of missiles |
9K37 Buk | SA-11 Gadfly | Successor to the SA-6, notorious for the MH-17 shootdown |
9K35 Strela-10 | SA-13 Gopher | Widely deployed short-range air defense system |
9K330 Tor | SA-15 Gauntlet | Designed to shoot down cruise missiles as well as manned aircraft |
2k22 Tunguska | SA-19 Grison | Short-range air defense system combining anti-aircraft cannon as well as missiles — predecessor to the Pantsir |
S-400 | SA-21 Growler | Successor to the S-300, currently Russia's most advanced air defense system |
Pantsir-S1 | SA-22 Greyhound | Another common short-range air defense system; many videos of Armenian Pantsirs getting blown up by strikes from Azeri Bayraktar drones |