S-125
Sign in to saveAlso known as SA-3 Goa, SA-N-1 Goa, M-1 Volna, Goa, Pechora, Neva, Volna
surface-to-air missile system
Key facts
- Type
- Short-range SAM system
- Place of origin
- Soviet Union
- In service
- 1961 –present
- Used by
- See list of present and former operators
- Wars
- War of Attrition , Yom Kippur War , Angolan Civil War , Uganda–Tanzania War , Iran–Iraq War , Gulf War , NATO bombing of Yugoslavia , Syrian Civil War , 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict , Tigray conflict , Russian Invasion of Ukraine , 2025 India–Pakistan conflict
- Designer
- Almaz Central Design Bureau
- Designed
- 1950s
- Manufacturer
- JSC Defense Systems (Pechora-M)
- Produced
- 1961–present
- Variants
- Neva, Pechora, Volna, Neva-M, Neva-M1, Volna-M, Volna-N, Volna-P, Pechora 2, Pechora 2M, Newa SC, Pechora-M
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Diameter
- 375
- Mass
- 953
- Image
- Newa NTW 9 93.jpg
- Length
- 6.09
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- Commons category
- S-125
- NATO reporting name
- Goa
- service entry
- 1961-01-01
- Commons gallery
- S-125
- inception
- 1956-00-00
- vehicle range
- 35
- native label
- С-125
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Article
The S-125 Neva/Pechora (Russian: С-125 "Нева"/"Печора", NATO reporting name SA-3 Goa) is a Soviet surface-to-air missile system that was designed by Aleksei Isaev to complement the S-25 and S-75. It has a shorter effective range and lower engagement altitude than either of its predecessors and also flies slower, but due to its two-stage design it is more effective against more maneuverable targets. It is also able to engage lower flying targets than the previous systems, and being more modern it is much more resistant to ECM than the S-75. The 5V24 (V-600) missiles reach around Mach 3 to 3.5 in flight, both stages powered by solid fuel rocket motors. The S-125, like the S-75, uses radio command guidance. The naval version of this system has the NATO reporting name SA-N-1 Goa and original designation M-1 Volna (Russian Волна – wave).
Operational history