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

High to Medium Air Defense

Russia

Russian HIMAD systems include: S-300 S-400 S-500

High to Medium Air Defense

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

High to Medium Air Defense

Iran

Bavar-373

Israel

Barak-8 (co-developed with India)

See also

SHORAD - Short Range Air Defence

THAAD - Terminal High Altitude Area Defense

Anti-aircraft warfare