Arrow-3Exo-atmospheric anti-ballistic missile interceptorSide: Israel and United States / IsraelBuilt: Israel Aerospace Industries; Boeing; Elbit Systems; Tomer; Rafael Advanced Defense Systems / Israel and United StatesArrow-3 is the upper-tier interceptor in Israel's Arrow Weapon System, developed with U.S. support to destroy ballistic missiles outside the atmosphere. Its hit-to-kill kill vehicle, long-range engagement envelope, and integration with Israeli radar and battle-management systems make it a strategic layer above Arrow-2, David's Sling, and Iron Dome, with documented combat use against Houthi and Iranian ballistic missile attacks.Tag archive
missile defense Weapon Systems
Weapon systems and military equipment tagged missile defense.
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Air Defense
Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.
Arrow-3Exo-atmospheric anti-ballistic missile interceptorSide: Israel and United States / IsraelBuilt: Israel Aerospace Industries; Boeing; Elbit Systems; Tomer; Rafael Advanced Defense Systems / Israel and United StatesArrow-3 is the upper-tier interceptor in Israel's Arrow Weapon System, developed with U.S. support to destroy ballistic missiles outside the atmosphere. Its hit-to-kill kill vehicle, long-range engagement envelope, and integration with Israeli radar and battle-management systems make it a strategic layer above Arrow-2, David's Sling, and Iron Dome, with documented combat use against Houthi and Iranian ballistic missile attacks.
PAC-3 MSEHit-to-kill Patriot interceptor missileSide: Ukraine / United StatesBuilt: Lockheed Martin / United StatesPAC-3 MSE is the Missile Segment Enhancement variant of Lockheed Martin's Patriot PAC-3 hit-to-kill interceptor family. It adds a larger dual-pulse solid rocket motor, larger fins, upgraded actuators, and higher performance for defeating ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and aircraft while retaining compatibility with modern Patriot launchers.
S-400 TriumfLong-range mobile surface-to-air missile systemSide: RussiaBuilt: Almaz-Antey / RussiaThe S-400 Triumf, NATO reporting name SA-21 Growler, is a Russian road-mobile long-range air defense system built around networked command, search radar, engagement radar, and transporter-erector-launchers. It is designed to engage aircraft, UAVs, cruise missiles, and some ballistic missile threats, and Russian S-400 batteries in occupied Crimea have been a recurring target in Ukraine's campaign against Russian air defenses.
David's SlingMedium- to long-range air and missile defense systemSide: IsraelBuilt: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Raytheon/RTX / Israel / United StatesDavid's Sling is the middle tier of Israel's layered missile-defense network, co-developed by Rafael and Raytheon/RTX around the hit-to-kill Stunner interceptor. It is designed to cover threats above Iron Dome and below Arrow, including heavy rockets, cruise missiles, aircraft, drones, and tactical ballistic missiles, with recent combat use documented against rockets from Gaza and Lebanon and Iranian ballistic missiles.
S-350 VityazMedium-range surface-to-air missile systemSide: RussiaBuilt: Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defence Corporation / RussiaThe S-350 Vityaz is a Russian mobile medium-range surface-to-air missile system developed for layered air defense against aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles, UAVs, and some ballistic targets. In the Russia-Ukraine War it has appeared in Russian air-defense deployments near Ukraine and in later reporting from eastern Ukraine, where Ukrainian sources and defense reporting documented S-350 equipment being struck or destroyed.
SM-6Multimission surface-to-air and terminal ballistic-missile interceptorSide: United States-led coalition / United StatesBuilt: Raytheon / United StatesThe SM-6, formally the RIM-174 Standard Extended Range Active Missile, is a U.S. Navy and Raytheon multimission missile for extended-range air defense, terminal ballistic-missile defense, and secondary anti-surface or strike roles. Its active seeker and Standard Missile airframe let Aegis ships engage aircraft, cruise missiles, drones, and some ballistic threats beyond the launching ship's own radar horizon.
SM-3Ship- and shore-launched exo-atmospheric ballistic missile interceptorSide: United StatesBuilt: Raytheon; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for Block IIA co-development and components / United States; JapanThe SM-3 is a Standard Missile family interceptor for Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense ships and Aegis Ashore sites. Unlike area air-defense missiles built around blast-fragmentation warheads, it uses a hit-to-kill kinetic vehicle to destroy ballistic missiles in the midcourse phase outside the atmosphere, with Block IB and Block IIA variants forming a key U.S. and allied upper-tier missile-defense layer.