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Air defence1976–present
Surface-to-air missile
RIM-7 Sea Sparrow is a surface-to-air missile originating in United States. It was built by Raytheon and General Dynamics.
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 3.7 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 3.7 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Surface-to-air missile
United States
1976–present
Raytheon and General Dynamics
$165,400
510 lb (230 kg)
12 ft (3.7 m)
8 in (20 cm)
3 ft 4 in (1.02 m)
Annular blast fragmentation warhead, 90 lb (41 kg)
Proximity fuzed , expanding rod , with a 27 ft (8.2 m) kill radius
Hercules MK-58 solid-propellant rocket motor
10 nmi (19 km)
4,256 km/h (2,645 mph)
Semi-active radar homing
Ship, Buk-M1 (modified for use in Ukraine)
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
RIM-7 Sea Sparrow equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Reported count for RIM-7 Sea Sparrow. Service scope: Hellenic Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 20 launchers. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2023), not the article revision. Cited source 2023-02-15. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.