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Our Best Look At Ukraine’s ‘FrankenBuk’ Air Defense System

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Our Best Look At Ukraine’s ‘FrankenBuk’ Air Defense System

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 18, 2025

The first official photos have appeared showing a Soviet-era ground-based air defense system upgraded with Western surface-to-air missiles — a so-called ‘FrankenSAM.’ The images, published by Ukraine’s Operational Command East, show a tracked self-propelled Buk-M1 system — known in the West as SA-11 Gadfly — which is said to have been adapted to fire the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow, a missile that previously provided point defense for numerous NATO and allied warships.

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Ukraine’s FrankenSAM That Uses RIM-7 Sea Sparrow Missiles Breaks Cover

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on May 28, 2024

Sea Sparrow Ukraine

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Sea Sparrow RIM-7 Surface-To-Air Missiles Are Headed To Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 6, 2023

Ukraine Needs Ground-Based Air Defenses Way More Than MiGs. Here Are The Best Options

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Ukraine Needs Ground-Based Air Defenses Way More Than MiGs. Here Are The Best Options

By Tyler Rogoway and Thomas Newdick

Updated on Mar 22, 2022

Russia’s New Buk-M3 Air Defense Missile System Now Appears To Be In Ukraine (Updated)

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Russia’s New Buk-M3 Air Defense Missile System Now Appears To Be In Ukraine (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Mar 22, 2022

Watch This Ukrainian SA-11 ‘Buk’ SAM System Intercept A Storefront In Kiev

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Watch This Ukrainian SA-11 ‘Buk’ SAM System Intercept A Storefront In Kiev

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 20, 2018

MH17 Investigation Concludes SA-11 ‘Buk’ Missile System Came From Russia

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MH17 Investigation Concludes SA-11 ‘Buk’ Missile System Came From Russia

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 29, 2016