Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A surface-to-air missile (SAM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft. SAMs can be deployed from fixed installations or mobile launchers. The smallest SAMs are capable of being carried and launched by a single person. Table of contents 1 Radar-guided SAMs 2 IR-guided SAMs 3 External links Radar-guided SAMs CLAWS HUMRAAM MIM-23 Hawk - United States MIM-72 Chaparral FAADS MIM-104 Patriot - United States BAe Blindfire Rapier - United Kingdom MEADS SA-2 - Russia SA-5 - Russia SA-6 - Russia SA-10 - Russia IR-guided SAMs FIM-43 Redeye - United States Chaparral - United States (this is a ground-launched version of the AIM-9 Sidewinder AAM) FIM-92 Stinger - United States SA-7 - Russia Igla - Russia See also: List of NATO reporting names for surface-to-air missiles External links Rest-of-World Missile Systems from the Federation of American Scientists website This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.