Back to top
9K33 Osa
The 9K33 (9К33) Osa (Оса) is a Russian, short-range, low-level, self-propelled, surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, which uses the 9M33 (9M33) missile. The 9K33 Osa system was initially known to the West by its US DoD/DIA designation of SA-8 and its NATO reporting name of 'Gecko'. The 9K33 Osa system would be improved to form the 9K33M2 (9К33М2) Osa-AK (Оса-АК) system, which was armed with the 9M33M2 (9M33M2) missile. With the introduction of...
More information available for 9K33 Osa
Backed by subject matter experts and proprietary AI tools, METIS, our advanced OSINT system, delivers verified, timely, and reliable intelligence on conflict, post-conflict, and instability scenarios.
- Data is collected in multiple languages such as English, Arabic, Spanish, French, Russian, Ukrainian, Burmese.
- Thousands of highly-detailed technical records including munitions, platforms and CBRN agents curated by our subject matter experts.
- Heatmaps and charts which enable district, country, cross border and regional analysis.
- Search events by keywords, categories, locations, munition or platform designations and CBRN threat type.