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The S-75 (Russian: С-75; NATO reporting name SA-2 Guideline) is a Soviet-designed, high-altitude air defence system. It is built around a surface-to-air missile with command guidance. Following its first deployment in 1957 it became one of the most widely deployed air defence systems in history.
Slender, cylindrical body of 2-stages, each with four large, cropped delta fins. The first, larger diameter stage is the solid-propellant booster and has a large protruding exhaust nozzle at the rear.
SA-2 surface to air missile . Taken over North Vietnam in January 1967, this photograph illustrates the difficulty of visually spotting a SAM site. Wild Weasels used specialized electronic equipment to find the SAM sites. Red arrows in closeup point to the six SA-2 launchers in revetments. (U.S. Air Force photo)
The SA-2E is 11.2 m (37 ft) long, has a body diameter of 0.5 m (20 in), and weighs 2,450 kg (5,400 lb) at launch. The missile can be fitted with either a command-detonated 15 kt nuclear warhead or a 295 kg (650 lb) conventional HE warhead.
5 Images. Developed by the Soviet Union, the SA-2 has been the most widely used air defense missile in the world. In the Soviet Union it was called the Dvina; in the West it was known by its NATO code name, SA-2 Guideline (SA meaning surface-to-air).
The V-75 SA-2 GUIDELINE is a medium to high altitude surface-to-air missile system. This two-stage missile has a large solid propellant booster stage fitted with four very large delta fins.
Straight vertical color aerial reconnaissance photograph showing a Soviet SA-2 Missile (V-75 Dvina, Guideline) surface to air missile (SAM) site in La Coloma, Cuba, November 10, 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
