{"id":420,"date":"2016-10-24T23:19:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T17:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogthejetboy.wordpress.com\/?p=420"},"modified":"2016-10-24T23:19:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T17:49:00","slug":"surface-to-air-missiles-top-10-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejetboy.com\/surface-to-air-missiles-top-10-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Surface to Air missiles, top 10 facts&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 24 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><ul>\n<li>The earliest known use of weapons specially made for the anti-aircraft role occurred during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-862 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.tik.co\/thejetboy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/download-1.png\" alt=\"download\" width=\"323\" height=\"210\" \/><\/li>\n<li>September 1915 was the first occasion in military history that a military aircraft was shot down with\u00a0ground-to-air When Private Radoje Ljutovac (Serbian Army) fired his cannon at enemy aircraft and successfully shot one down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Nazi Germany was the first country to develop surface to air missiles during world war-2, but none of them ever reached operational status.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-863\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-863\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.tik.co\/thejetboy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/300px-bundesarchiv_bild_141-1898_peenemucc88nde_start_fla-rakete_-wasserfall2-1.jpg\" alt=\"300px-bundesarchiv_bild_141-1898_peenemu%cc%88nde_start_fla-rakete_-wasserfall\" width=\"335\" height=\"261\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Nazi Wasserfall SAM.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>During World war-II, an average of 2,805 rounds had to be fired (usually from German eighty-eights flak guns) for every B-17 bomber destroyed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Nike Ajax (official name MIM-3\/3A) was the first operational SAM system when it was activated in March 1954.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-864\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-864\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.tik.co\/thejetboy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/nike_ajax_31-1.jpg\" alt=\"nike_ajax_31.jpg\" width=\"635\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejetboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/nike_ajax_31-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/thejetboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/nike_ajax_31-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thejetboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/nike_ajax_31-1-685x548.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nike Ajax SAM.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Nike Hercules was the first nuclear-tipped SAM, developed to deal with formations of aircraft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_media-10\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-media-10\" style=\"width: 1151px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-865\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.tik.co\/thejetboy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/hercs-1.jpg\" alt=\"Hercs.jpg\" width=\"1151\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejetboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/hercs-1.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/thejetboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/hercs-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thejetboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/hercs-1-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thejetboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/hercs-1-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thejetboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/hercs-1-685x514.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1151px) 100vw, 1151px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-media-10\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nike Hercules nuclear tipped SAM.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Till date about 10 civilian aircraft has been shot down using SAMs, resulting in 850+ deaths. (Iran Air Flight 655, shoot down by <i>USS Vincennes<\/i>\u00a0and 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine being the deadliest)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Modern SAMs apart from being able to shoot down aircraft can also intercept and destroy ballistic and cruise missiles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-866 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.tik.co\/thejetboy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/thaad_missile_system_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"THAAD_Missile_System_1.jpg\" width=\"665\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejetboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/thaad_missile_system_1-1.jpg 665w, https:\/\/thejetboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/thaad_missile_system_1-1-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new generation of SAM can reach speeds upward of 4,800 m\/sec during terminal phase.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The 9M96\u00a0missile of the S-400 SAM system has a range of 400 km and can attain an altitude of 50 Km.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-867\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.tik.co\/thejetboy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/s400-missile-air-defense-system-1.jpg\" alt=\"S400-Missile-Air-Defense-System.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejetboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/s400-missile-air-defense-system-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/thejetboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/s400-missile-air-defense-system-1-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thejetboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/01\/s400-missile-air-defense-system-1-685x571.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n        <div class=\"booster-block booster-reactions-block\">\n            <div class=\"twp-reactions-icons\">\n                \n                <div class=\"twp-reacts-wrap\">\n                    <a react-data=\"be-react-1\" post-id=\"420\" class=\"be-face-icons 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