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  1. RS-24 YarsPro Russia's principal solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile, deployed on road-mobile launchers and in silos with multiple independently targetable nuclear warheads. Russia · missiles · icbm
  2. LGM-30G Minuteman IIIPro The LGM-30G Minuteman III is the United States' three-stage, solid-propellant, silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile and the sole land-based component of the US nuclear triad. USA · missiles · icbm
  3. Trident II D5Pro The UGM-133A Trident II D5 is the submarine-launched ballistic missile at the core of the United States and United Kingdom sea-based nuclear deterrents. USA · Europe · missiles
  4. AGM-179 JAGMPro The AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile is Lockheed Martin's dual-mode successor to Hellfire, combining laser and millimetre-wave guidance for precision strikes in obscured and adverse-weather conditions. USA · missiles · air-to-surface-missile
  5. GCAP (Tempest)Pro GCAP, informally known as Tempest, is the UK-Italian-Japanese program developing a sixth-generation stealth fighter to replace the Typhoon and Mitsubishi F-2 from 2035. Europe · Air · sixth-generation
  6. FCAS / SCAFPro FCAS / SCAF was the Franco-German-Spanish sixth-generation air-combat project built around a crewed fighter, remote carriers and a combat cloud; its joint fighter collapsed in 2026, while parts of the wider system continue. Europe · Air · sixth-generation
  7. C-130J Super HerculesPro The C-130J Super Hercules is the current-production version of the long-running Hercules family, combining four turboprop engines, short-field tactical airlift performance and a global support base. USA · Europe · Air
  8. P-8 PoseidonPro The Boeing P-8 Poseidon is a 737-derived maritime patrol aircraft combining anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface strike and long-range intelligence collection for the US Navy and allied fleets. USA · Europe · Air
  9. EA-18G GrowlerPro The EA-18G Growler is a carrier-based airborne electronic-attack aircraft that detects, locates and jams hostile emitters while supporting strike aircraft with anti-radiation missiles and air-to-air weapons. USA · Air · airborne-electronic-attack
  10. StarstreakPro Starstreak is a British very-short-range air-defense missile that accelerates beyond Mach 3 and releases three laser beam-riding darts against aircraft, helicopters and drones. Europe · Ukraine · air defense
  11. 9K33 Osa (SA-8 Gecko)Pro The 9K33 Osa, known to NATO as the SA-8 Gecko, is a Soviet mobile short-range surface-to-air missile system that combines radar, fire control and ready missiles on one amphibious vehicle. Russia · Ukraine · air defense
  12. OTR-21 Tochka-UPro The OTR-21 Tochka-U is a Soviet road-mobile short-range ballistic missile with a 120 km range, inertial guidance and conventional, cluster or nuclear warhead options. Russia · Ukraine · missiles
  13. BM-27 UraganPro The BM-27 Uragan is a Soviet-designed 220 mm multiple rocket launcher that delivers heavy area fire from a 16-tube launcher, with Russia and Ukraine retaining the system in frontline service. Russia · Ukraine · Land
  14. BMP-1Pro The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle that introduced mass-produced protected infantry mobility with integral anti-armour firepower and remains in combat service in Russia and Ukraine. Russia · Ukraine · Land
  15. MT-LBPro The MT-LB is a Soviet amphibious tracked carrier and artillery tractor whose availability, adaptability and low ground pressure have made it a ubiquitous transport and improvised weapons platform in the Russo-Ukrainian war. Russia · Ukraine · Land
  16. Beriev A-100 PremierPro Russia's long-delayed next-generation airborne early warning and control aircraft, combining an Il-76MD-90A airframe with Vega's rotating Premier phased-array radar. Russia · Air · aewc
  17. JDAM / JDAM-ERPro Boeing's modular GPS/INS guidance family for converting conventional bombs into all-weather precision weapons, including the winged JDAM-ER and turbojet-powered JDAM-LR. USA · Ukraine · missiles
  18. AGM-88 HARMPro The AGM-88 HARM is a U.S. supersonic anti-radiation missile designed to suppress or destroy radar-guided air defenses, with later AARGM variants adding multi-mode guidance against emitters that shut down. USA · Ukraine · missiles
  19. R-77 (AA-12 Adder)Pro Russia's principal active-radar-homing beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile family, developed as a counterpart to the AIM-120 AMRAAM and carried by Flanker and Felon fighters. Russia · missiles · air-to-air-missile
  20. R-73 (AA-11 Archer)Pro The R-73, known to NATO as the AA-11 Archer, is a Soviet-designed short-range infrared air-to-air missile whose agility and helmet-sight cueing reshaped close-air-combat missile development. Russia · Ukraine · missiles
  21. S-350 VityazPro Russia's S-350 Vityaz is a road-mobile, medium-range surface-to-air missile system built around a deep magazine of active-radar 9M96 interceptors and intended to replace the S-300PS. Russia · Ukraine · air defense
  22. Fire Point Says Its Weapons Hit Ozon's Saratov Hub and a Sanctioned Volgograd Plant The Ukrainian manufacturer tied two deep strikes inside Russia to the mass-produced weapons it says fund its FP-7 ballistic missile, now weeks from combat use. Ukraine · Russia · drones
  23. Kawasaki Puts a Chip Startup's AI Into Its Aerial Defense Work Through 2028 Kawasaki Heavy Industries signed a 2026-2028 teaming agreement worth several million dollars with EdgeCortix, giving the Japanese chip startup an aerospace prime to carry its onboard AI. No aircraft or customer was named. USA · Autonomy · Partner Signal
  24. Ukraine's Pilots Are Down to Cannon Passes. The Missiles for Jet Gerans Ran Out. Russia has pushed Ukraine past cheap FPV interceptors and through its air-to-air missile reserves. The next air-defense contest turns on who can manufacture an affordable round by the thousand. Ukraine · air defense · drones
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