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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.
S-75 – radziecki rakietowy system przeciwlotniczy (ziemia-powietrze) rozwijany w trzech głównych modyfikacjach oznaczonych: SA-75 Dwina (pol. Dźwina), S-75 Diesna (pol. Desna) i S-75M Wołchow, w kodzie NATO oznaczana jako SA-2 Guideline.
9 lip 2020 · The SA-2 was the first combat-proven surface-to-air missile system. Building off of ideas initially envisioned in the Second World War and from early designs, the SA-2 became an iconic weapon of the Cold War, which drove further SAM development on both sides, and forced the US to increase its efforts in developing successful electronic warfare ...
History of the SA-2/S-75 (Guideline/Dvina) The SA-2 missile was originally designed to target American high-altitude bombers, particularly the B-52 Stratofortress. Its guidance system was highly effective and led to the replacement of other major air defense systems, except for one in Moscow.
The SA-2 was one of the Soviet Union's earliest SAM systems. It is a general purpose land based anti-aircraft system meant to engage non-maneuvering targets, like bombers, at low to high altitudes. It was first put into production in 1956, and has since been subject to continuous modernization.
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).
