RIM-7 Sea Sparrow

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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.

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

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 28, 2024
A comprehensive breakdown of what U.S. Navy missiles actually cost.

What The Navy’s Ship-Launched Missiles Actually Cost

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 21, 2024
Sea Sparrow Ukraine

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

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jan 6, 2023
What It’s Like To Live And Work Inside White Sands Missile Range

What It’s Like To Live And Work Inside White Sands Missile Range

By Randy Smith
Updated on Dec 22, 2021
Surface-Launched Version Of The Tomcat’s AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Nearly Armed Cold War Carriers

Surface-Launched Version Of The Tomcat’s AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Nearly Armed Cold War Carriers

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 11, 2021
Canadian Destroyers Had These Totally Wacky Sea Sparrow Missile Launcher Systems

Canadian Destroyers Had These Totally Wacky Sea Sparrow Missile Launcher Systems

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Navy’s Blue Ridge Class Command Ships Once Had This Wacky Air Defense Missile System

Navy’s Blue Ridge Class Command Ships Once Had This Wacky Air Defense Missile System

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jan 25, 2018
Watch The Navy Fire Its New Evolved Sea Sparrow Block II Missile For The First Time

Watch The Navy Fire Its New Evolved Sea Sparrow Block II Missile For The First Time

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 3, 2017