Back صاروخ سطح-سطح Arabic Ракета земя-земя Bulgarian Míssil superfície-superfície Catalan Boden-Boden-Rakete German Misil superficie-superficie Spanish موشک سطحبهسطح Persian Maasta-maahan-ohjus Finnish Missile sol-sol French טיל קרקע-קרקע HE Peluru kendali darat ke darat ID
A surface-to-surface missile (SSM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea and strike targets on land or at sea. They may be fired from hand-held or vehicle mounted devices, from fixed installations, or from a ship. They are often powered by a rocket engine or sometimes fired by an explosive charge, since the launching platform is typically stationary or moving slowly. They usually have fins and/or wings for lift and stability, although hyper-velocity or short-ranged missiles may use body lift or fly a ballistic trajectory.[1] The first operational surface-to-surface missile was the V-1 flying bomb, it was powered by a pulsejet engine.
Contemporary surface-to-surface missiles are usually guided. An unguided surface-to-surface missile is usually referred to as a rocket (for example, an RPG-7 or M72 LAW is an anti-tank rocket), whereas a BGM-71 TOW or AT-2 Swatter is an anti-tank guided missile.
Examples of surface-to-surface missile include the MGM-140 ATACMS[2] and the Scud family of missiles.[3]
- ^ Wragg, David W. (1973). A Dictionary of Aviation (first ed.). Osprey. p. 254. ISBN 9780850451634.
- ^ Osborn, Kris (6 September 2016). "US Army's New Ground-Launched Missile: Raining Down Death from 500 Kilometers Away". Nationalinterest.org. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "SS-1 "Scud"". Missile Threat. Retrieved 2025-01-26.