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Strategic SAM 5

S-500 Prometheus
55R6M Triumfator-M
Strategic anti-ballistic / near-space SAM
Very high
RU
17 rows
● 14SA-21 Growler
S-400 Triumf (40R6)
Long-range / strategic SAM — backbone of the IADS
Very high
RU
23 rows
● 1SA-20 Gargoyle
S-300PM / S-300PMU
Long-range SAM — main IADS layer
Very high
RU
19 rows
● 2SA-23 Gladiator/Giant
S-300V4 (9K81M)
Mobile army SAM, anti-ballistic
Very high
RU
14 rows
● 2S-350 Vityaz
50R6 Vityaz (S-350E)
Medium-range SAM, successor to the S-300PS and Buk
High
RU
19 rows
Medium-range SAM 8
● 1SA-11 Gadfly
9K37 Buk-M1
Medium-range IADS SAM (autonomous capable)
High
RU
30 rows

SA-17 Grizzly
9K317 Buk-M2
Medium-range IADS SAM (multichannel)
High
RU
24 rows
● 5SA-27
Buk-M3 (9K317M)
Mobile medium-range army SAM
High
RU
36 rows

SA-6 Gainful
2K12 Kub (Kvadrat)
Mobile medium-range SAM (first generation, tracked)
Medium
RU
20 rows

3rd Khordad
Sevom Khordad (Israel: SA-65), Iran
Iranian mobile medium-range SAM with its own phased-array radar
High
IR
16 rows

15th Khordad
Khordad-15, Iran
Iranian mobile medium-range SAM with Sayyad-3
High
IR
16 rows
● 2Ra'ad
Ra'ad (Thunder-1), Iran
Iranian mobile medium-range SAM
Medium
IR
15 rows

Tabas
Tabas, Iran
Iranian mobile medium-range SAM (cheaper Ra'ad version)
Medium
IR
14 rows
SHORAD 5
● 16SA-22 Greyhound
Pantsir-S1 (96K6)
Short-range SAM + gun — point defence
High
RU
28 rows
● 3SA-15 Gauntlet
Tor-M2 (9K332)
Short-range point SAM (anti-PGM/UAS)
High
RU
17 rows
● 1SA-13 Gopher
9K35 Strela-10
Short-range IR SAM (manoeuvre)
Medium
RU
19 rows
● 2SA-8 Gecko
9K33 Osa (Romb)
Mobile short-range SAM, amphibious, all on one vehicle
Medium
RU
20 rows
Majid
AD-08 Majid, Iran
Iranian short-range SAM against drones and cruise missiles
Medium
IR
12 rows
Air defence artillery 6
● 3SA-19 Grison
2K22 Tunguska (2S6 / 2S6M)
Gun/missile SHORAD (manoeuvre)
Medium
RU
13 rows
● 2Derivatsiya-PVO
2S38
57 mm anti-aircraft gun (manoeuvre, counter-drone)
Medium
RU
15 rows
● 1ZSU-23-4 Shilka
ZSU-23-4 (Shilka)
Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG), short range
Medium
RU
23 rows
ZAK-30 Tsitadel
ZAK-30 «Цитадель» (Citadel)
Anti-drone gun, point defence of fixed sites
Medium
RU
15 rows
● 2ZU-23-2
ZU-23-2 (2A13)
Twin 23 mm anti-aircraft gun, towed or vehicle-mounted — short range
Medium
RU
22 rows

ZPU family
ZPU-1 / ZPU-2 / ZPU-4 (14.5 mm)
Anti-aircraft heavy machine gun, towed or vehicle-mounted — very short range
Medium
RU
20 rows
MANPADS 13
● 4SA-29 Gizmo
9K333 Verba
Man-portable air defence missile (MANPADS)
Medium-high
RU
12 rows
● 1SA-24 Grinch
9K338 Igla-S
Man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS), third generation+
Medium-high
RU
18 rows
● 5SA-18 Grouse
9K38 Igla
Man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS), third generation
Medium-high
RU
18 rows
● 1SA-16 Gimlet
9K310 Igla-1
Man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS), third generation
Medium
RU
18 rows

SA-14 Gremlin
9K34 Strela-3
Man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS), second generation
Medium
RU
18 rows

SA-7 Grail
9K32 Strela-2 / 9K32M Strela-2M
Man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS), first generation
Medium
RU
18 rows
● 2"Iva" (unidentified MANPADS)
Type unconfirmed (QW-18A/QW-19?)
Man-portable air defence missile of (suspected) foreign origin
Medium
?
12 rows
● 2QW-18 / QW-18A
Qianwei-18 (Vanguard-18)
Chinese man-portable air defence missile (MANPADS), export product
Medium-high
CN
14 rows

QW-3
QianWei-3
Chinese air-defence missile with semi-active laser guidance
Medium-high
CN
16 rows
● 1QW-2 / QW-12
QianWei-2 (CH-SA-8)
Chinese man-portable air-defence missile, third generation
Medium-high
CN
17 rows
QW-1 family
QianWei-1 / -1M / -11 (Vanguard)
Chinese man-portable air-defence missile, second generation
Medium
CN
17 rows
● 2Misagh family
Misagh-1 / -2 / -3 (Iran)
Iranian man-portable air-defence missiles, derived from the Chinese QW series
Medium-high
IR
19 rows

HN-5 family
Hongying-5 (CH-SA-3)
Chinese man-portable air-defence missile, first generation (Strela-2 copy)
Medium
CN
18 rows
Fighters & interceptors 5
● 7Su-35S
Flanker-E
4++ gen multirole / air superiority
Very high
RU
22 rows
● 2Su-57
Felon
5th-generation multirole (stealth)
High
RU
20 rows
● 1MiG-31BM
Foxhound
Long-range interceptor
Very high
RU
22 rows
● 5MiG-29SMT
Fulcrum
Frontline fighter (air-to-air / light multirole)
Medium-high
RU
19 rows
● 6Su-30SM2
Flanker-H (Su-30SM2)
Two-seat multirole fighter (4+ generation)
High
RU
15 rows
Bombers & strike 6
● 3Tu-160
Blackjack
Strategic bomber (LRA)
Strategic
RU
16 rows
● 5Tu-95MS
Bear-H
Strategic bomber / cruise-missile carrier
Strategic
RU
18 rows
● 3Tu-22M3
Backfire-C
Long-range / maritime bomber
Strategic
RU
17 rows
● 7Su-34
Fullback
Tactical fighter-bomber / strike
High
RU
23 rows

Su-25SM
Frogfoot
Close air support / ground attack
Medium
RU
19 rows
● 3Yak-130M
Mitten
Jet trainer converted into a light combat aircraft and drone hunter
Medium
RU
19 rows
Helicopters 4
● 3Ka-52M Alligator
Hokum-B
Attack helicopter with coaxial rotors
High
RU
19 rows
● 5Mi-28NM
Havoc (Night Hunter)
Attack helicopter, tandem, day/night
High
RU
18 rows
● 1Mi-24 / Mi-35
Hind
Gunship with troop compartment
Medium-high
RU
17 rows
● 3Mi-8 family
Hip (Mi-8/Mi-17)
Transport, assault and EW helicopter
Medium
RU
17 rows
AEW, C2 & ISR 2
Air-to-air missiles 7

AA-13 Axehead
R-37M (izdeliye 610M)
Very-long-range air-to-air missile (anti-HVAA)
Very high
RU
12 rows
AA-9 Amos
R-33 (izdeliye 410)
Long-range air-to-air missile (MiG-31)
High
RU
11 rows
AA-12 Adder (R-77M)
R-77M (izdeliye 180)
Extended-range active-radar AAM (5th gen)
Very high
RU
11 rows
● 1AA-12 Adder
R-77 / R-77-1 (RVV-SD)
Medium-range active-radar AAM (fire-and-forget)
High
RU
11 rows
● 1AA-10 Alamo
R-27 (izdeliye 470)
Medium-range AAM (radar/IR family)
Medium-high
RU
11 rows

AA-11 Archer (R-74M2)
R-74M2 (izdeliye 760)
Modern short-range IR missile (5th gen)
High
RU
11 rows
● 2AA-11 Archer
R-73 (izdeliye 72)
Short-range IR missile (WVR, helmet-cued)
High
RU
11 rows
Cruise & anti-ship missiles 10
● 12Kh-101
AS-23a Kodiak
Air-launched stealth cruise missile of the strategic bombers
Very high
RU
17 rows
Filin
— (related: S-71K/S-71M, Garpiya)
Cheap ground-launched turbojet cruise missile
Medium-high
RU
17 rows
● 73M14 Kalibr
SS-N-30A Sagaris
Subsonic land-attack cruise missile launched from ships and submarines
High
RU
15 rows
● 83M22 Zircon
SS-N-33
'Hypersonic' anti-ship and land-attack missile, used against Ukraine
Very high
RU
14 rows
● 2Kh-22 / Kh-32
AS-4 Kitchen
Heavy supersonic (anti-ship) missile of the Tu-22M3, used against ground targets
Very high
RU
14 rows
● 6P-800 Oniks
SS-N-26 Strobile (3M55)
Supersonic anti-ship missile, used from Crimea against ground targets
High
RU
15 rows
● 3Kh-59M / Kh-59MK2
AS-18 Kazoo / AS-22
Tactical air-to-surface cruise missile of the fighter-bombers
High
RU
14 rows
● 2Kh-69
— (export: Kh-59MK2)
New low-observable air-to-surface cruise missile for the Su-34, Su-35 and Su-57
High
RU
14 rows
LMUR / Izdeliye 347
— (Kh-39 / Izdeliye 305)
Light multipurpose guided missile for attack helicopters; ground-launched since 2026
Medium-high
RU
17 rows
Dan-T
— (related: S8000 Banderol)
Cheap small cruise missile / 'missile-drone' for mass use
Medium-high
RU
23 rows
Ballistic & hypersonic 4
● 33Iskander-M
SS-26 Stone (9K720)
Russian short-range ballistic missile, core of the missile strikes on Ukraine
Very high
RU
22 rows
● 10Kh-47M2 Kinzhal
AS-24 Killjoy
Air-launched aeroballistic missile of the MiG-31K/I
High
RU
16 rows
Hwasong-11A
KN-23
North Korean short-range ballistic missile, used by Russia
Very high
KP
14 rows
Oreshnik
IRBM (derived from RS-26 Rubezh)
Intermediate-range ballistic missile with multiple warheads
Strategic
RU
12 rows
Air-to-ground & glide bombs 2
Artillery & MLRS 6
● 5BM-21 Grad
9K51 Grad (M1964)
122 mm multiple rocket launcher
Medium
RU
15 rows
● 3BM-27 Uragan
9P140 Uragan (BM-22, M1977); 9K512 Uragan-1M
Heavy 220 mm multiple rocket launcher
High
RU
14 rows

BM-30 Smerch / Tornado-S
9K58 Smerch (9A52-2); 9A53-S Tornado-S
Heavy 300 mm multiple rocket launcher with guided rockets
High
RU
14 rows
● 1TOS-1A / TOS-2
TOS-1A Solntsepek; TOS-2 Tosochka
Heavy thermobaric rocket launcher
High
RU
12 rows
240 mm MRL
M-1991 (M-1985)
North Korean multiple rocket launcher, used by Russia
High
RU
15 rows
Kozerog
—
Light, portable launcher for 122 mm Grad rockets
Medium
RU
13 rows
Radar · Early warning & surveillance 9
● 1Nebo-M
RLM-M (complex)
Multi-band counter-stealth radar
High
RU
9 rows
● 3Nebo-SVU / Nebo-U
Tall Rack
VHF early-warning radar (anti-stealth)
High
RU
7 rows · thin
● 1Protivnik-G
59N6 (NATO name not confirmed)
L-band 3D area-surveillance radar
High
RU
7 rows · thin
● 1Gamma-S1 / -DE
—
S/X-band 3D target-finding radar
Medium
RU
5 rows · thin
● 5P-18 Terek
Spoon Rest D
Mobile VHF radar for early warning and target designation
Medium
RU
15 rows
● 1Voronezh (SPRN)
—
Strategic early-warning radar
Strategic
RU
7 rows · thin

Podlet-K1
—
Low-altitude detection radar
High
RU
7 rows · thin
● 5Kasta-2E2
Flat Face successor
Low-level surveillance radar (gap filler)
Medium
RU
9 rows
Irbis (counter-battery radar)
— (not the Su-35's Irbis-E radar)
Mobile counter-battery and surveillance radar of the ground forces
Medium
RU
8 rows · thin
Radar · Acquisition (SAM) 7

64N6 Big Bird
64N6 / 91N6 (Big Bird)
Acquisition and target-designation radar of the S-300PMU and S-400
High
RU
15 rows

96L6
Cheese Board
All-altitude acquisition radar (S-300/400)
High
RU
8 rows · thin

76N6 Clam Shell
76N6 (Clam Shell)
Low-altitude acquisition radar of the S-300P on a tall mast
High
RU
13 rows

9S18 Snow Drift
9S18M1 Kupol (Snow Drift)
Acquisition radar of the Buk battalion
High
RU
13 rows

9S19 High Screen
9S19M2 Imbir (High Screen)
Sector radar against ballistic missiles (S-300V)
High
RU
10 rows

P-12 Spoon Rest
P-12 Yenisei (Spoon Rest A/B)
VHF early warning radar
Medium
RU
11 rows

P-15 / P-19 Flat Face
P-15 (Flat Face A) / P-19 (Flat Face B)
UHF search radar for low and medium altitudes
Medium
RU
12 rows
Radar · Fire control (SAM) 8
● 192N6 Grave Stone
92N6E / 92N2E (Grave Stone)
Multifunction fire-control radar of the S-400
Very high
RU
13 rows

30N6 Flap Lid
30N6 / 30N6E (Flap Lid / Tomb Stone)
Fire-control radar of the S-300P
Very high
RU
14 rows
9S36M / 9S36
Illumination and Guidance Radar (Buk-M2 / Buk-M3)
Target illumination and missile guidance (fire control) for the SA-17 and SA-27
High
RU
18 rows
9S35 Fire Dome
9S35 (Fire Dome)
Fire-control radar on the SA-11 launcher
High
RU
11 rows

1S91 Straight Flush
1S91 SURN (Straight Flush)
Search and fire-control radar of the SA-6
Medium
RU
11 rows

Land Roll
Radargroep van de 9K33 Osa (Land Roll)
Search and fire-control radar on the SA-8
Medium
RU
11 rows
Scrum Half (Tor-radar)
Radargroep van de 9K330/9K332 Tor (Scrum Half)
Search and fire-control radar on the SA-15
High
RU
11 rows
● 11RS2 (Pantsir-radar)
1RS2-1 vuurleidingsradar Pantsir-S1
Dual-band fire-control radar on the Pantsir
High
RU
11 rows
Electronic warfare 13

Krasukha-4
1RL257
X/Ku-band broadband jammer
High
RU
12 rows

Krasukha-2
1RL257 series
S-band jammer against airborne radar
High
RU
12 rows

Murmansk-BN
—
HF interception & jamming at theatre range
High
RU
12 rows
Divnomorye
—
Multifunctional EW complex (next-gen)
High
RU
7 rows · thin
Palantin
—
Operational-strategic comm-EW complex
High
RU
6 rows · thin

Moskva-1
—
Passive ELINT & EW control
Medium
RU
6 rows · thin

Borisoglebsk-2
—
HF/VHF radio reconnaissance & jamming
Medium
RU
10 rows

Leer-3
RB-341V
UAV-borne GSM jammer/simulator
Medium
RU
10 rows
● 1Zhitel (R-330Zh)
—
GNSS/GSM/satcom jammer
Medium
RU
10 rows
Pole-21 (R-340RP)
—
Area-coverage GNSS jammer (network of posts)
Medium
RU
10 rows

Rtut-BM
—
Protection against radio proximity fuzes
Medium
RU
9 rows

Peresvet-M
—
Starlink/SATCOM jammer (site protection)
Medium
RU
9 rows
Yastreb 1.0 / Yastreb-S
—
Wideband anti-drone and SATCOM jammer (in development)
Medium
RU
10 rows
Drones · Long-range one-way attack 6
● 111Shahed-136 / Geran family
One-Way Attack (OWA)
Mass-employed, long-range single-use attack drone
IR / RU
13 rows
Geran-3
Jet-powered OWA (Shahed-238-derived)
Faster, heavier next-generation OWA drone
RU
15 rows
Geran-4
Jet-powered delta-wing OWA
Fast, high-flying jet Geran between the Geran-3 and the Geran-5
RU
20 rows
● 40Geran-5
Jet-powered OWA / cruise-missile-like (Karrar-derived)
Fast, high-flying attack drone on the line between drone and cruise missile
RU
23 rows
● 1Arash-2 / Arash-3
Iranian long-range OWA with launch boosters (Kian family)
Long-range Iranian kamikaze drone; possibly supplied to Russia
IR
14 rows
Garpiya-A1
Shahed-like OWA — easily confused
Closely resembles the Shahed-136 but is a separate Russian system
RU
17 rows
Drones · Loitering munitions 6
● 10Lancet-1 / Lancet-3
Loitering munition
Searches for and dives onto a target independently
RU
12 rows
● 1KUB-BLA / KUB-2
ZALA (Kalashnikov) loitering munition
Light X-wing kamikaze drone against personnel, launch sites and light armour
RU
16 rows
● 14Molniya-2
Very low-flying loitering munition (mines/spikes)
Extremely low-altitude threat, easily confused with FPV/COTS
RU
15 rows
Klin (Roboavia)
Russian kamikaze drone with AI target recognition
Finds and attacks ground targets on its own
RU
11 rows
Italmas (BM-35)
Cheap piston-engined OWA drone from ZALA ('Izdeliye 54')
Long-range kamikaze drone against fixed targets, a cheap alternative to the Shahed
RU
13 rows
Helsing HX-2
German AI loitering munition that works without a continuous datalink
Strike drone that searches for and tracks targets on board, even when its link and satellite navigation are jammed
DE
10 rows
Drones · FPV & COTS 2
Drones · Reconnaissance (ISR) 9
● 6Orlan-10
ISR / EW / relay platform
Reconnaissance, jamming and signal relay
RU
8 rows · thin
ZALA Z-16 / 421-08
ISR reconnaissance drone with AI evasion
Tactical reconnaissance, now with autonomous interceptor evasion
RU
6 rows · thin
Albatros-M5
Russian reconnaissance drone with an onboard neural network
Reconnaissance that spots groups of people itself during flight
RU
7 rows · thin
● 5SuperCam S350
EW-resistant tactical ISR
Reconnaissance drone with increased jamming resistance
RU
8 rows · thin
Geoscan 701
Civilian/dual-use mapping and reconnaissance drone
Mapping/survey drone, also observed conducting terrain reconnaissance at the front
RU
6 rows · thin
● 2Orion / Inokhodets
Armed MALE system (Kronshtadt)
Class III / Group 4–5 — the top of the classification scale
RU
10 rows

Forpost-R
Licensed build of the IAI Searcher, now with laser-guided bombs
ISR platform upgraded to light strike capability
RU
7 rows · thin
● 2Knyaz Veshchiy Oleg (KVO)
Russian fixed-wing reconnaissance and fire-correction drone
Tactical scout that finds targets for artillery and strike drones
RU
12 rows
Mercury (ANT)
Ukrainian VTOL reconnaissance drone built around Russian EW
Tactical reconnaissance, target detection and fire correction with layered, jam-resistant links
UA
12 rows
Drones · Decoys 2
● 32Gerbera
Decoy drone — now also a 'Seeker' variant, confirmed armed examples and an incendiary variant
Saturates air defence; newer variants also usable as strike/ISR platform or with a warhead
RU
13 rows
● 18Parodiya
Decoy drone mimicking the Shahed
Saturates air defence with a Shahed-like radar picture
RU
7 rows · thin
Uncrewed ground vehicles (UGV) 1
Drones · Logistics & evacuation 1
Drones · Datalinks & satellite links 1
ASAT & counterspace 5
Nudol (A-235 / PL-19)
Russian DA-ASAT and missile defence system
Ground-launched missile against satellites in LEO
RU
4 rows · thin

SC-19 and DN series
Chinese DA-ASAT missiles
Ground-launched missiles against satellites, up to high orbits
CN
3 rows · thin
Russian inspector satellites
Nivelir programme (Kosmos series)
Co-orbital shadowing — and possibly attack — of reconnaissance satellites
RU
5 rows · thin
Shijian-21 (SJ-21)
Chinese tug satellite in GEO
Grabbing and moving satellites in GEO
CN
4 rows · thin

Peresvet
Russian mobile laser
Dazzling optical satellites (claim)
RU
4 rows · thin
Military satellites 6
● 2GLONASS
Russian navigation system
Russia's counterpart to GPS
RU
5 rows · thin
EKS 'Kupol'
Russian missile warning
Infrared detection of launches from Tundra orbits
RU
4 rows · thin
Liana (Lotos-S, Pion-NKS)
Russian SIGINT and maritime reconnaissance
Intercepting signals and locating ships from LEO
RU
3 rows · thin

BeiDou-3
Chinese navigation system
Global Chinese navigation with a messaging function
CN
4 rows · thin

Yaogan series
Chinese military reconnaissance
Optical, radar and SIGINT reconnaissance
CN
4 rows · thin
Guowang and Qianfan
Chinese mega-constellations
China's counterparts to Starlink
CN
3 rows · thin
Detect & warn 2
Soft kill & self-protection 2
Hard kill 10
Hard kill: kinetic & net capture
Physical neutralisation
Direct destruction or capture of the drone
9 rows
● 1Skyranger 35
35mm gun-based SPAAG counter-UAS (Rheinmetall)
Gun-based hard-kill C-UAS for point defence against small drones
DE
9 rows
Alazan interceptor
Russian anti-drone missile derived from the Alazan anti-hail rocket
Low-cost guided surface-to-air missile under development against drones
12 rows
Lupinis-10 (TFL-1)
Ukrainian FPV with autonomous terminal-phase lock
FPV attack drone with AI-assisted autonomous target lock in the terminal phase
6 rows · thin
Alexa Spatium
Ukrainian interceptor drone against jet-powered Gerans
Uncrewed interceptor, delivered specifically against jet-powered Shahed/Geran drones
8 rows · thin
Arena-M
Russian active protection system (APS) for tanks, also against drones
Hard-kill self-protection for armoured vehicles against anti-tank weapons and FPV drones
RU
10 rows
● 1Yolka interceptor
Russian light counter-drone interceptor drone
Small, low-cost interceptor drone, used among others by mobile air-defence fire groups
RU
9 rows
DOFA-Tek DF-1 / DF-3
Russian jet-powered interceptor drones Roscherk and Gadyuka
Fast jet-powered drones for shooting down (jet) drones
RU
12 rows
Skythunder (Valhalla Turrets)
Slovenian gun-plus-rocket C-UAS against drones and low flyers
Low-cost short-range air defence with a gun and 70 mm guided rockets against massed drone attacks
SI
10 rows
Hellhound S3 (Cummings Aerospace)
US 3D-printed jet drone for strike and interception
Vertically launched, single-soldier jet drone: loitering munition, precision weapon or drone interceptor
US
10 rows









