Sources: MSNBC
A Ukrainian SBU drone attack on a military factory in Izhevsk, Russia, which produced Tor surface-to-air missile systems, kills three people and injures 45 others. A state of emergency is later declared by Head of the Udmurt Republic Aleksandr Brechalov. 2025-07-1
Azerbaijan Airlines suspends flights to seven cities in Russia following the crash of Flight 8243 on Wednesday, amid allegations that the plane had been hit by a Russian surface-to-air missile. 2024-12-27
An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane crashes in North Darfur, Sudan, killing its crew of two Russians and three Sudanese nationals. The Rapid Support Forces claim that they shot down the aircraft with a surface-to-air missile and say that they have recovered the airplane's flight recorder. Russia says that its diplomats in Sudan are currently investigating the crash. 2024-10-21
The United States and Germany agree to send Bradley Fighting Vehicles and Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. Germany will also supply the Ukrainian military with a MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system. 2023-01-5
Turkey says it will deploy its domestically-produced surface-to-air missile HISAR to Syria's Idlib Governorate next week. 2020-03-3
Turkey formally requests the deployment of Patriot surface-to-air missile systems by its NATO ally United States on the Syria–Turkey border to deter Syrian and Russian air strikes on its troops. 2020-02-20
A Syrian Air Force helicopter is shot down by a surface-to-air missile over the Aleppo countryside, killing both pilots. It is the second Syrian helicopter to be shot down this week by Turkish-backed forces. 2020-02-14
Iran holds talks with Russia over buying an upgraded version of the S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system. 2016-02-22
Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, foresees to supply surface-to-air missiles to the "moderate opposition", so changing the power balance "like they did in Afghanistan". 2016-02-19
U.S. intelligence analysts conclude the Russian plane was not brought down by surface-to-air missile. An American infrared satellite detected a heat flash at the same time and same place over the Sinai as the plane, but no evidence a missile was involved. Analysts believe it could have been some kind of explosion on the aircraft itself, either a fuel tank or a bomb. U.S. officials do not rule out that ISIL could have been responsible for bringing down the flight. 2015-11-2