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  1. MiG-31 FoxhoundPro The MiG-31 Foxhound is Russia’s Mach 2.83 interceptor and sole airborne carrier of the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ballistic missile — an irreplaceable Cold War asset that dominates high-altitude combat and triggers nationwide alerts with every sortie, yet cannot be built anew. Russia · Air · interceptor
  2. Su-25 FrogfootPro The Su-25 Frogfoot is a heavily armored Soviet-era close air support jet, now flying for both Russia and Ukraine. Rugged, simple, and armed with a massive 30mm cannon and up to 4,000 kg of ordnance, it has become the most attrition-heavy fixed-wing type of the Russia–Ukraine war, adapting from. Russia · Ukraine · Air
  3. Helsing unveils an unmanned escort jammer to cut corridors through enemy air defenses Helsing's CA-1EA drone would jam enemy radars 100 km ahead of strike packages by 2031, a role European air forces currently borrow from US Navy Growlers. Europe · electronic warfare · Helsing
  4. Fattah-1Pro Iran's most advanced operational ballistic missile — a solid-propellant MRBM with a powered maneuvering re-entry vehicle, marketed by Tehran as "hypersonic" and combat-tested against Israeli defenses in 2024 and 2025. Iran · missiles · ballistic-missile
  5. Arrow-3Pro Israel's exoatmospheric hit-to-kill ballistic missile interceptor, jointly developed with the U.S., combat-proven against Houthi and Iranian missiles, and now fielded by Germany as the first European upper-tier system. Israel · air defense · ballistic-missile-defense
  6. Flakpanzer GepardPro The Cold War-vintage twin-35 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun revived as Ukraine's cost-effective counter to massed Shahed drone attacks, and the weapon system that forced Western armies to rethink short-range air defense. Europe · Ukraine · air defense
  7. FAB UMPKPro Russia's cheap, mass-produced glide-bomb conversion kit — turned Soviet-era free-fall bombs into standoff weapons and became the defining Russian strike capability of the war in Ukraine. Russia · missiles · glide-bomb
  8. KN-23 Hwasong-11GaPro North Korea's solid-fuel quasi-ballistic short-range missile — an Iskander lookalike manufactured at the February 11 Plant, transferred to Russia, and combat-proven in Ukraine with evolving accuracy. Russia · missiles · ballistic-missile
  9. OreshnikPro Russia’s road-mobile, MIRV-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile — a post-INF dual-use weapon employed sparingly for strategic messaging rather than battlefield effect. Russia · missiles · irbm
  10. FP-5 FlamingoPro Ukraine's homegrown deep-strike cruise missile — a 3,000 km-range, heavy-warhead missile built for mass production at low cost to hit Russian military-industrial targets. Ukraine · missiles · cruise-missile
  11. R-360 NeptunePro Ukraine's indigenous subsonic cruise missile, developed for coastal defense but now a deep-strike land-attack weapon. It sank the Russian cruiser Moskva in 2022 and, in its Long Neptune form, claims a 1,000 km reach. Ukraine · missiles · anti-ship
  12. 2S22 BohdanaPro Ukraine's indigenous 155 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer — built to NATO caliber, produced at world-record rates, and combat-proven from the Snake Island shelling to the front lines of the Donbas. Ukraine · Land · spg
  13. TOS-1A SolntsepyokPro Russia's T-72-based 220 mm thermobaric multiple rocket launcher — the Solntsepyok is a short-range assault-breaching weapon that incinerates fortifications and has become a prime target for Ukrainian drone hunters. Russia · Land · thermobaric
  14. J-35APro China's second fifth-generation stealth fighter — the land-based J-35A "Cloud Dragon" — complements the J-20, brings cross-service carrier capability, and marks Beijing's push to break the Western monopoly on fifth-generation airpower exports. China · Air · stealth
  15. B-21 RaiderPro The B-21 Raider is the U.S. Air Force's next-generation penetrating long-range strike stealth bomber — nuclear and conventional capable, designed for the most contested environments, and set to replace the B-1B and B-2 fleets alongside upgraded B-52s. USA · Air · stealth
  16. F-22 RaptorPro The world's first operational fifth-generation fighter — an all-aspect stealth, supercruise, thrust-vectoring air-dominance jet that remains the US Air Force's premier air-superiority asset, from the 2014 ISIS debut to the 2023 spy-balloon kill and the 2025–26 Iran crisis. USA · Air · stealth
  17. Su-34 FullbackPro Russia’s heavy strike fighter-bomber — a side-by-side two-seat Su-27 derivative that became the principal launch platform for UMPK glide bombs over Ukraine and the most heavily contested Russian combat jet. Russia · Air · strike
  18. Ukraine puts a second Flamingo into the plant that keeps Russia's Shaheds on target Kyiv's homegrown cruise missile returned to Cheboksary and hit VNIIR-Progress, the sanctioned producer of Kometa anti-jamming antennas that steer Russia's drones, missiles and glide bombs through Ukrainian jamming. Ukraine · Russia · electronic warfare
  19. Ukraine hits Arabat Spit crossing after twice halting Chonhar, closing two roads to Crimea Ukraine hit the Henichesk to Arabat Spit bridge days after twice halting Chonhar, cutting two road routes into occupied southern Kherson and squeezing supply lines for Russia's southern grouping. Ukraine · Russia · drones
  20. Lockheed offers France HIMARS on an 18-month clock as Paris nears launcher decision Lockheed Martin is promising France HIMARS launchers in 2028, ahead of the country's own long-range fires candidates, weeks before Paris picks its LRU replacement. Europe · USA · Policy
  21. Saronic drone boat pulls downed Apache crew from the Gulf of Oman A Task Force 59 Corsair recovered two Army aviators after Iran downed their Apache near the Strait of Hormuz, the first rescue of personnel at sea by an uncrewed vessel. USA · Iran · Naval
  22. Ukraine turns four years of improvised deep strikes into a 2030 missile doctrine Syrskyi's new Rocket Forces and Artillery concept commits Ukraine to mass-producing its own missiles out to 2,000 km. The real target is dependence on weapons Kyiv cannot build, buy freely, or fire without permission. Ukraine · Russia · Syrskyi
  23. Alta Ares raises €50M to mass-produce drone interceptors proven over Ukraine Alta Ares, a Franco-Ukrainian maker of AI drone interceptors used in Ukraine, raised €50 million to scale production as demand for cheap air defense climbs. Ukraine · Europe · air defense
  24. Palladyne AI lands exclusive US rights to build IAI's Harpy and Harop loitering munitions Palladyne AI signed an MoU for up-to-10-year exclusive US rights to make and market IAI's combat-proven Harpy, Harop and Mini-Harpy loitering munitions, onshoring them as the Pentagon scales munition buys. Israel · drones · Palladyne AI
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