SA-11 Gadfly
Medium-range IADS SAM (autonomous capable)
Mobile tracked SAM system at division level. Each vehicle (TELAR) can autonomously search, track and fire with the FIRE DOME radar. Anti-PGM capable; 5 minutes from movement to ready-to-fire. Forms the medium layer of the layered air defence between Pantsir (short) and S-300/400 (long).
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- Vehicle
- TELAR 9A310M1 on GM-569 tracked chassis
- L × W × H
- 9.3 × 3.25 × 3.8 m
- Weight
- 34 t (combat)
- Missile (L × Ø, span)
- 9M38M1: 5.55 m × Ø 400 mm, span 860 mm; 690 kg
- Dimension source
- Wikipedia; WEG (ODIN)
General
- Role
- IADS (autonomous capable)
- Vehicles
- Tracked
- Crew
- 3–6
- Road speed
- 65 km/h
- Early warning
- SPOON REST / SNOW DRIFT — 46 NM
- Reaction time
- 5 min from movement → ready to fire
- Notable
- Anti-PGM capable
Weapon
- Missile
- 9M38 / 9M38M1
- Ready to fire
- 4
- Fire on the move
- No
- Guidance
- SARH (semi-active radar)
- Warhead
- 70 kg HE / fragmentation, radar proximity fuze
- Lethal radius
- 55 ft
- Range
- 1.8 NM (min) – 16.5 NM (max kin.)
- Altitude
- 100 ft (min) – 45,930 ft (max kin.)
FIRE DOME radar
- Type
- Pulse-doppler
- Frequency
- H/I-band
- Max search
- 17.2 NM
- Max track
- 17.2 NM
- Optical
- Yes
- EPM (ECCM)
- Yes
- Reaction
- 22 sec (TT → ML)
- Targets
- 1 with 3 missiles
Warning & threat
- RWR
- Yes
- Threat level
- High within kinematic envelope
News archive 3
Analysed reports from the RU Mil Tracker about this system, newest first. Archive since 2026-07-17.
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«Ukrainian Drone Operators Strike russian Buk-M1 Air Defense System on the Huliaipole Axis (Video)» (Defense Express: 'Ukrainian drone operators strike Russian Buk-M1 air defence system on the Huliaipole axis')
Drone operators of Ukraine's 433rd Regiment struck a Russian Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile system on the Huliaipole axis, Defense Express reports, based on footage released by the 7th Corps of Ukraine's Air Assault Forces. According to the corps, Russian forces are deploying air defence systems in the Huliaipole direction to counter Ukrainian aviation, whic…
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US to develop new RIM-7 Sea Sparrow modification used in Ukrainian-American FrankenSAM
SINGLE SOURCE — Ukrainian publication (Defense Express), not independently corroborated. The U.S. Navy is pursuing a next-generation variant of the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM/RIM-162), which itself evolved from the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow — the missile Ukraine fires from its FrankenSAM air defense system. According to Defense Express, the Navy issued a "So…
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Ukraine Destroys Tor-M2 System, Hits Buk-M1 Units, and Five russian Radars in Coordinated Drone Strikes
According to Defense Express, operators from Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces — specifically the 1st Separate Center working with the Deep Strike Center — carried out a coordinated overnight drone-strike campaign on 20 July 2026 against Russian air-defense and radar infrastructure. The report claims a Tor-M2 short-range air-defense system was destroyed nea…