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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.
SA-2 Surface-to-Air Missile. Developed in the mid-1950s, the V-750 Dvina was the first effective Soviet surface-to-air missile. The Soviets used it to shoot down Gary Powers' U-2 over the USSR in 1960 and Maj. Rudolph Anderson's U-2 over Cuba in 1962. The missile was better known by the NATO designation SA-2 Guideline.
9 lip 2020 · The most dreaded of these came in the form of the SA-2 “Guideline” SAM, a telephone-pole length missile which inflicted many losses on US aircraft over the course of the war. The Guideline was destined to become the most widely-distributed SAM during the Cold War. By Seth Marshall.
8 kwi 2022 · Detailing the technical specifications, development, and operational history of the SA-2 / S-75 (Guideline / Dvina) High-Altitude Surface-to-Air Missile System (SAM) including pictures.
A fearful high-altitude air defence missile system of its time, We are investigating the S-75. #s75 #sa2 #missile #airdefenceWhy did the USSR need to develop...
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).
17 lip 2015 · The SA-2 Guideline, the NATO designation for the Soviet Union’s S-74 Dvina missile, was rooted in concerns about American atomic bomber strikes in the USSR. Development of the SA-2 began in 1953.
