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BAir defence
Mobile long range surface-to-air missile with anti-ballistic missile capability
Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | 2K12 Kub | Sayyad (missile) |
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| Speed | Mach 2.8[source] | Sayyad-2: Mach 3.6-4 Sayyad-2C: Mach 4.5+ Sayyad-3: Mach 4.5-5.1 Sayyad-3F: Mach 5 Sayyad-3G: Mach 7[source] |
| Type | Tracked medium-range surface-to-air missile system[source] | Mobile long range surface-to-air missile with anti-ballistic missile capability[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Iran[source] |
| In service | 1967–present |
Wingspan
Single source1.245 m[source]
Operational; Operational range
Single source24 kilometres (15 mi)[source]
Operational; Sayyad-2
Single sourceOperational; Sayyad-2 Sayyad-2C: up to
Single sourceOperational; Sayyad-3
Single sourceOperational; Sayyad-3G
Single sourceOperational; Sayyad-4
Single sourceOperational; Sayyad-4B
Single sourceSayyad-2: 40–45 km Sayyad-2C: up to 75 km Sayyad-3: 120-150 km Sayyad-3G: 150 km Sayyad-4: 210 km Sayyad-4B: 400 km[source]
Warhead weight
Single source59 kg[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
2015–present[source] |
| Used by | See list of operators[source] | Iran[source] |
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| Wars | List Yom Kippur War Angolan Civil War Chadian Civil War Western Sahara War Iran–Iraq War 1982 Lebanon War Gulf War Yugoslav wars Kosovo War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war[source] | — |
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| Designer | NIIP / Vympel MMZ ( GM chassis )[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1958–1967[source] | 2011 or earlier[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant (SURNs) ZiK (TELs)[source] | Iran[source] |
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| Produced | 1968–1985[source] | — |
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| No. built | 500 launchers, 10,000 missiles[source] | — |
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| Variants | 2K12 Kub, 2K12E Kvadrat (export version), 2K12M3, 2K12M4[source] | — |
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| Main armament | 3 3M9M4(or variants) guided missiles[source] | — |
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| Engine | Integral rocket motor/ ramjet booster and sustainer motor[source] | — |
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| Guidance system | Command guidance with terminal semi-active radar homing (SARH)[source] | — |
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| Warhead | Frag-HE[source] | Frag-HE[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | Contact and proximity[source] | — |
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| Propellant | integral rocket motor/ramjet booster and sustainer motor[source] | Solid fuel[source] |
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| Flight altitude | Max. 14,000 metres (46,000 ft) Min. 100 metres (330 ft)[source] | Sayyad-2: up to 27 km Sayyad-2C: up to 30 km Sayyad-3: 27-30 km Sayyad-4: 30-40 km[source] |
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| Launch platform | 2P25 TEL[source] | — |
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| Reported operators |
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