RIM-7 Sea Sparrow

Latest in RIM-7 Sea Sparrow

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.
Land

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.
Sea

What The Navy’s Ship-Launched Missiles Actually Cost

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 21, 2024

Sea Sparrow Ukraine
News & Features

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
News & Features

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
Sea

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
News & Features

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
Sea

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
Sea

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 3, 2017