Improvised/alternative SAM launchers?

[shin_getter]

After thinking about the the vulnerability of SAM networks to SEAD campaigns, it appears to me that active sensors can be replaced with passive ones for a threat in being posture, however TEL are a huge vulnerability. It appears that asymmetric warfare combatants are well aware of the issue and have alternative launchers.

One major supplier would be Iran and yemani forces.

New 359 loitering sam
The big brother of the 358.
It looks like it might use the tolou 10 [TJ100] jet engine as its main motor and unlike the 358 it also appears to have control surfaces on the x wings as well.

It appears to me that the ultimate "wishlist" missile for such a force would be a meteor-like long range high speed missile that is also significantly shorter and can be hidden in the bed of a standard truck, while being easy enough to handle with a simple crane and foldable launch rail.

Anyways, this should be a category of idea that could become important in future conflict if it hasn't proven itself fully against the saudis yet.

Do please share any other examples and information on operations if you know anything.

 

[Sineva]

Heres the newly unveiled TEL for the 358,it carries 3 missiles ready to fire.
Whats interesting is that the missile design has evolved,its been shortened and the rear fins have been done away with,the yemenis were actually the first to introduce their own more compact version of this weapon.

Heres the 2 yemeni 358 variants

 

[Big_Zukini]

Iran also copied the Coyote Block 2.

If we consider:

• Faster advancement of processing power available to the civilian sector, vs slower increase in required processing power to guide on target.
• Reduced target discrimination requirements for asymmetric forces.
• Lower expectations.
  • No destruction of an entire air force.
  • Or even long term denial of airspace.
  • More about exacting a deterring price.
• SRM production increasing globally.
  • And existing on a lot of munitions roaming the globe.
  • Terrorist orgs can easily produce SRMs as well.
• Commercial cameras and optics being adequate for the task.
• Compact batteries readily available.
• Readily available IMUs increasingly accurate.

Then we come to the conclusion that SAMs are being democratized rapidly.
Hezbollah in 2024 managed to shoot down several Hermes 450 and even one Hermes 900 drone over Lebanon, reportedly via missile 358.
While small platforms like FPV drones and other multirotors may be considered sufficiently expendable, it seems airspace is becoming increasingly hostile for MALE drones, helicopters, and so inevitably also fixed wing aircraft.

If in 2024 a terrorist org needed Iran to give it rudimentary SAM capabilities, I'm sure by 2035 we'll see Jihad design bureau SAMs proliferate with state support being purely optional.