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• Whether that same seeker might work in the surface-to-air role is an open question.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
• However, Iran has armed the rebels with a surface-to-air missile known as the 358 for years.
  — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
• There is no evidence to support the idea that the jet was downed by a surface-to-air missile, Brig.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2023
• While these surface-to-air missiles are coming up at them from North Vietnam.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
• Two surface-to-air missile launches are seen or heard, followed by the sound of an explosion.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2023
• The missile raids clearly have made the Russian air force surface-to-air missile batteries in Crimea jumpy.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• Ukraine has successfully used both surface-to-air missiles and ground fire to target them.
  — Joseph Federman, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2024
• There was no indication a surface-to-air missile was the cause of the crash, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2023
• Ukrainian air defense teams have been trained to use the advanced surface-to-air systems, which take up to 90 people to operate and maintain.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 19 Apr. 2023
• The yacht is also rumored to be carrying surface-to-air missiles, though that may be an urban legend.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
• Other infantry teams lie in wait with surface-to-air missiles to take down Russian helicopters.
  — Missy Ryan, Isabelle Khurshudyan and Michael Birnbaum, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2023
• France has placed orders for new arms, including artillery shells, surface-to-air missiles and air defense systems to assist Ukraine in the near term.
  — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
• Show more The armed group has used surface-to-air missiles on several occasions since Oct. 7 to target Israeli aircraft.
  — NBC News, 12 Mar. 2024
• Again, nothing to indicate, no information to suggest that there was a surface-to-air missile.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2023
• The Kremlin’s forces used tanks, drones, mortars, warplanes, multiple rocket launchers and surface-to-air missiles to bombard Ukraine, the report said.
  — Susie Blann, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
• General Ryder did not state a theory for the crash, but said the United States had no information to indicate that a surface-to-air missile brought down the plane.
  — Robin Stein, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• In recent days, Hezbollah began using surface-to-air missiles, along with artillery and rockets.
  — Dan De Luce, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2023
• The Stinger is a portable surface-to-air defense system that can be carried and fired by troops or mounted onto a vehicle and used as short-range defense against aircraft.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2024
• Meanwhile, the Houthis apparently have shot down multiple MQ-9 Reaper drones with surface-to-air missile systems.
  — Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 June 2024
• But Ukraine’s supply of surface-to-air missiles — key ordnance needed to down incoming Russian missiles — is running short.
  — Daria Mitiuk, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• The statement added that some of the drones had lost control after their signals were jammed, while others were destroyed by Pantsir surface-to-air missile defense systems, which are now stationed throughout the Moscow region.
  — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
• But every anti-aircraft gun and surface-to-air missile brought back to defend the city will be one less to defend airfields, ammunition dumps and fuel depots from long-range drone attacks.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• Several witnesses either heard or saw Ukrainian forces firing surface-to-air missiles from Druzhkivka toward Kostiantynivka at the time of the market strike.
  — Alexander Cardia, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• Some of the fans were either installed on — or bound for use with — electrical components of a nuclear submarine, an aircraft’s laser system and a surface-to-air missile system, the department said.
  — Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
• The Patriot surface-to-air missile system has become a critical piece in the Ukrainian military’s arsenal.
  — Laurence Norman, WSJ, 17 July 2023
• Russia has been propping up the Kim regime with food aid, along with fighter aircraft, surface-to-air missiles, armored vehicles, and equipment for ballistic missile production.
  — Oriana Skylar Mastro, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024
• Li, who was appointed to his current position in March and will speak at the forum Sunday, was put under sanctions by Washington in 2018 over buying Russian fighter jets and a surface-to-air missile system.
  — Chris Buckley, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
• In a separate message, Ukraine’s prosecutor’s office accused Russian forces stationed across the border in the Belgorod region of firing a surface-to-air missile.
  — Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2023
• The aircraft carrying the presidents was shot down by surface-to-air missiles, abruptly ending peace negotiations.
  — The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
• At least 35 anti-aircraft surface-to-air missile systems have also been committed to Ukraine by the US — with only Germany committing more with 38 — and the total amount is likely higher as some quantities have not been disclosed.
  — Henrik Pettersson, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024