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China's short-range naval point-defense missile system, fielded across warships from Type 056 corvettes to Type 055 destroyers and aircraft carriers as the fleet's final missile layer against incoming threats.
South Korea's domestically developed upper-layer air and ballistic-missile defence system, designed to operate above Cheongung-II and Patriot in the country's layered shield.
China's short-range naval point-defense missile system, fielded across warships from Type 056 corvettes to Type 055 destroyers and aircraft carriers as the fleet's final missile layer against incoming threats.
A compact US-German ship-defense missile that combines passive radio-frequency and infrared homing to intercept anti-ship missiles and other close-range threats.
A Soviet-designed tracked short-range air-defense system combining twin 30 mm cannons, radio-command missiles and onboard radars to protect mobile ground forces from low-flying aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles and drones.
Iran's road-mobile medium-to-long-range surface-to-air missile system, combining a phased-array engagement radar with Sayyad-family interceptors for defense against aircraft and uncrewed aerial vehicles.
Israel's operational upper-tier interceptor for destroying tactical and medium-range ballistic missiles in the atmosphere, positioned between the exo-atmospheric Arrow 3 and David's Sling.
The RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile is a medium-range naval air-defence weapon whose four-round Mk 41 cell packing gives Western warships substantial self-defence magazine depth.
CAMM is a British modular surface-to-air missile family fielded at sea as Sea Ceptor and on land through Sky Sabre, combining active guidance with a soft vertical launch system.
India's home-built air shield — the Akash is an indigenous medium-range surface-to-air missile that guards against jets, drones and cruise missiles out to ~25 km. It performed well in India's 2025 clash with Pakistan and won its first export, to Armenia.