title: High to Medium Air Defense
text: # High to Medium Air Defense
  
  High to Medium Air Defense (HIMAD) is a group of anti-aircraft weapons and tactics that have to do with defense against high to medium altitude air threats, primarily aircraft and missiles. HIMAD and its complements, SHORAD (Short Range Air Defense) and THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) divide air defense of the battlespace into domes of responsibility based on altitude and defensive weapon ranges.
  
  ## United States
  
  The United States Army HIMAD systems include:
  
  * MIM-104 Patriot
  * MIM-23 Hawk
  
  ## Russia
  
  Russian HIMAD systems include:
  
  * S-300
  * S-400
  * S-500
  
  ## China
  
  * HQ-9
  * HQ-22
  
  ## France / Italy
  
  * SAMP/T
  
  ## Germany
  
  * IRIS-T SLM
  
  ## South Korea
  
  * L-SAM
  
  ## India
  
  * Barak-8 (co-developed with Israel)
  * XR-SAM
  
  ## Iran
  
  * Bavar-373
  
  ## Israel
  
  * Barak-8 (co-developed with India)
  