Editing Command guidance (section)

== Examples ==
Examples of missiles which use command guidance include:
* Russian: [[S-25 Berkut]], [[S-75 Dvina]], [[S-125 Neva/Pechora]], [[Tor missile system|9K330 Tor]], [[2K11 Krug]]
* American: [[MIM-3 Nike Ajax|Nike Ajax]], [[Nike Hercules]], [[Nike Zeus]]
* Indian: [[Akash (missile)|Akash]]

Older western missiles tend to use pure [[semi-active radar homing]].

Pure command guidance is not normally used in modern [[surface-to-air missile]] (SAM) systems since it is too inaccurate during the terminal phase, when a missile is about to intercept a target. This is because the ground-based radars are distant from the target and the returned signal lacks resolution. However, it is still quite practical to use it to guide a missile to a location near a target, and then use another more accurate guidance method to intercept the target. Almost any type of terminal guidance can be used, but the most common are [[semi-active radar homing]] (SARH) or [[active radar homing]] (ARH).

Examples of missiles which use command guidance with terminal SARH include:
* Russian: [[S-200 (missile)|SA-5 'Gammon']], [[2K12 Kub|SA-6 'Gainful']], [[Buk missile system|SA-11 'Gadfly']], [[SA-17 Grizzly|SA-17 'Grizzly']]
* American: [[RIM-67 Standard]] Missile 2 (SM-2)
Examples of missiles which use command guidance with terminal ARH include:
* Russian: [[S-300VM missile system]], [[S-350E Vityaz 50R6|S-350E]], [[S-400 missile system|S-400]], [[S-500 missile system|S-500]]
* American: [[RIM-174 Standard ERAM]], [[MIM-104 Patriot#MIM-104F (PAC-3)|MIM-104F Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3)]]