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Electronic Warfare Weapon Systems

Systems built to sense, relay, jam, deceive, or attack electromagnetic networks.

This category covers electronic attack, sensing, communications relay, radar-support, and command-and-control systems represented in the catalog.

Entries focus on how each system detects, disrupts, relays, or protects information and electromagnetic activity in sourced conflict contexts.

49 weapon systems

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Electronic Warfare

Systems built to sense, relay, jam, deceive, or attack electromagnetic networks.

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BM/KG300G electronic countermeasures system, Airborne ECM pod, Electronic WarfareBM/KG300G electronic countermeasures systemAirborne ECM podSide: UnknownBuilt: China National Electronics Import and Export Corporation (CEIEC) / ChinaThe BM/KG300G is a Chinese airborne self-protection jamming pod family for external carriage on combat aircraft, with public sources describing I/J-band radar jamming, automatic countermeasure selection, and integration with radar-warning and dispenser subsystems. The baseline pod is associated with CEIEC/CETC and SWIEE/SIWEE reporting, while 2024 coverage showed a smaller rotary-wing form on a Z-10 and compact pods on an FH-95 UAV.
Communication EA Surveillance and Reconnaissance (CEASAR) pod, Airborne electronic attack and reconnaissance pod, Electronic Warfare2001 War in AfghanistanCommunication EA Surveillance and Reconnaissance (CEASAR) podAirborne electronic attack and reconnaissance podSide: United States, NATO, and Afghan government forcesBuilt: Raytheon / United StatesThe Communication EA Surveillance and Reconnaissance (CEASAR) pod is a Raytheon-built U.S. airborne electronic-attack payload developed for C-12/King Air aircraft to provide beyond-line-of-sight communications jamming for ground forces. It deployed with Task Force CEASAR in Afghanistan, later fed the NERO Gray Eagle UAS adaptation, and appeared in Air National Guard planning for EC-130J Commando Solo Multi-Mission Payload-Heavy aircraft.
AN/ALQ-249(V)1 Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band, Carrier-based airborne electronic attack jamming pod system, Electronic Warfare2023 Red Sea Crisis, 2026 Iran WarAN/ALQ-249(V)1 Next Generation Jammer Mid-BandCarrier-based airborne electronic attack jamming pod systemSide: United States-led coalitionUnited States and IsraelBuilt: Raytheon / United StatesThe AN/ALQ-249(V)1 Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band is Raytheon's airborne electronic attack pod for U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Air Force EA-18G Growlers, replacing part of the ALQ-99 mission set with two-pod ship sets built around active electronically scanned arrays and a digital back end. It reached initial operational capability in December 2024 and has documented combat-linked use from VAQ-133 deployments in the 2023 Red Sea Crisis and 2026 Iran War.
EA-18G Growler, Carrier-capable airborne electronic attack aircraft, Electronic Warfare2025 Israel-Iran Conflict, 2014 War Against the Islamic State +6 moreEA-18G GrowlerCarrier-capable airborne electronic attack aircraftSide: United StatesAnti-ISIS coalition and partner forcesUnited States-led coalitionUnited States, NATO, and Afghan government forcesUnited States and coalition forcesNATO-led coalitionBuilt: Boeing / United StatesThe EA-18G Growler is a Boeing-built electronic attack derivative of the two-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet, fielded to jam, detect, and attack hostile radars, communications, and air-defense networks while retaining missile carriage for suppression missions. U.S. Navy and Australian Growlers provide carrier or land-based electronic warfare support, with early combat deployment in Iraq and Libya in 2010-2011 and later documented use in 2014 Operation Inherent Resolve, Red Sea operations against Houthi forces, and the U.S.-Iran strike context.
Gateway Mission Router, Cyber-hardened air-to-ground communications and command-and-control router, Electronic WarfareGateway Mission RouterCyber-hardened air-to-ground communications and command-and-control routerSide: UnknownBuilt: V2X / United StatesGateway Mission Router is a V2X/Vertex battlefield communications router for air-to-ground command-and-control networks. Public sources describe GMR and GMR-1000 as cyber-hardened, platform-independent hardware that routes datalinks, assured communications, situational-awareness data, and command-and-control information across aviation and ground platforms, including U.S. Army Air Warrior and Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control modernization contexts.
Leer-3 electronic warfare system, Drone-based electronic-warfare and signals-intelligence system, Electronic Warfare2014 Russia-Ukraine WarLeer-3 electronic warfare systemDrone-based electronic-warfare and signals-intelligence systemSide: RussiaBuilt: Special Technology Centre / RussiaThe Leer-3 is a Russian drone-based electronic-warfare system that pairs a KamAZ-5350 command post with Orlan-10 unmanned aircraft carrying cellular-network jamming and deception payloads. Public sources describe it as a GSM-focused electronic-attack and signals-intelligence complex used by Russian forces in Ukraine to disrupt, locate, and exploit mobile communications.
AN/ALQ-87 electronic countermeasures pod, Electronic countermeasures pod, Electronic Warfare1955 Vietnam WarAN/ALQ-87 electronic countermeasures podElectronic countermeasures podSide: United States and South VietnamBuilt: General Electric / United StatesThe AN/ALQ-87 was a General Electric electronic countermeasures pod, originally designated QRC-160-8, that gave 1955 Vietnam War strike aircraft a podded radar-jamming option against radar-guided air defenses. U.S. Air Force history ties the pod to late-1967 combat introduction, broad 1968 strike-aircraft use, and F-111A Linebacker operations, while the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force displays an F-4C 1967 loadout with one ALQ-87 on the right inboard pylon.
Elta ELL-8222 ECM pod, Electronic countermeasures pod, Electronic Warfare2023 Israel-Hamas WarElta ELL-8222 ECM podElectronic countermeasures podSide: IsraelBuilt: ELTA Systems Ltd. / IsraelThe Elta ELL-8222 is an Israeli fighter self-protection electronic-countermeasures pod from ELTA Systems. IAI's later Scorpius-SPJ / ELL-8222SB materials describe a podded AESA jammer with simultaneous multi-threat response, and JED's ELTA interview says ELL-8222SB deliveries began in 2023. Open-source air-campaign reporting documents ELL-8222 carriage on Israeli F-15 Baz configurations during the 2023 Israel-Hamas War.
Advanced Self Protection Jammer, Electronic warfare jammer, Electronic WarfareAdvanced Self Protection JammerElectronic warfare jammerSide: UnknownBuilt: Defence Research and Development Organisation / IndiaThe Advanced Self Protection Jammer is an Indian DRDO airborne electronic-warfare pod associated with the HAL Tejas self-protection fit. Official Indian releases describe it as protecting the aircraft against acquisition radars, fire-control radars, anti-aircraft artillery, and airborne multirole radars, while later procurement approvals extended related external self-protection jammer pods into Su-30MKI electronic-warfare planning.
Stuxnet, Industrial-control-system malware, Electronic WarfareStuxnetIndustrial-control-system malwareSide: UnknownBuilt: Israeli intelligence / United States / Israel (attributed)Stuxnet was a specialized cyber-physical weapon built around Windows propagation, Siemens Step7/WinCC engineering environments, and malicious programmable-logic-controller code. Public U.S. reporting attributed the Olympic Games program to U.S.-Israeli intelligence, while CISA, MITRE, Symantec/Broadcom, Langner, and Institute for Science and International Security material trace how the malware moved through engineering systems, manipulated S7 controllers, and was linked to damage at Iran's Natanz centrifuge plant.
AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radar, Long-range counter-battery radar, Electronic Warfare1990 Gulf War, 2014 Russia-Ukraine WarAN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radarLong-range counter-battery radarSide: Coalition forcesUkraineBuilt: Hughes Aircraft Company / Raytheon / United StatesThe AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder is a U.S. long-range weapon-locating radar built to detect artillery and rocket launches, compute firing points, and pass coordinates for counter-battery fire. Developed from the Army's Firefinder program and produced by Hughes Aircraft before later Raytheon/ThalesRaytheonSystems sustainment and upgrade work, the Q-37 complemented the shorter-range AN/TPQ-36, shaped Coalition counterbattery tactics in Desert Storm, and later appeared in Ukraine's partner-supplied artillery reconnaissance network.
1L111 Fara-1, Man-portable ground surveillance radar, Electronic Warfare2014 Russia-Ukraine War1L111 Fara-1Man-portable ground surveillance radarSide: RussiaBuilt: Almaz-Antey / RussiaThe 1L111 Fara-1 is a Russian man-portable battlefield surveillance and weapon-guidance radar developed by NPO Strela for detecting moving personnel and vehicles and cueing weapons such as automatic grenade launchers or machine guns. Later export and upgraded Fara-PV and Fara-VR variants keep the same short-range ground reconnaissance role while adding panoramic display, target-track, and lighter manpack features, with Russian examples documented in Ukraine as captured or destroyed battlefield sensors.
SQUIRE, Man-portable ground surveillance radar, Electronic Warfare2014 Russia-Ukraine WarSQUIREMan-portable ground surveillance radarSide: UkraineBuilt: Thales / NetherlandsSQUIRE is a Thales Nederland man-portable ground surveillance radar built to detect, track, and classify moving ground, low-level air, and maritime targets while supporting artillery and mortar fire adjustment. Dutch parliamentary material identified Squire battlefield surveillance radars among the Netherlands' February 2022 military deliveries for Ukraine, and Janes reported that two Squire 2D ground-surveillance radars were supplied alongside AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder weapon-locating radars.
1RL257 Krasukha-4, Mobile electronic warfare jammer, Electronic Warfare2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2011 Syrian Civil War1RL257 Krasukha-4Mobile electronic warfare jammerSide: RussiaSyrian government and alliesBuilt: Rostec-affiliated Russian defense industry / RussiaThe 1RL257 Krasukha-4 is a Russian mobile ground-based electronic-warfare system built to detect and jam airborne, ground, and satellite-linked radar systems. Public references identify it as the Krasukha family member focused on X/Ku-band fire-control and surveillance radars, with open-source range claims commonly presented as a 150 to 300 km class capability.
Leer-2 electronic warfare system, Mobile electronic warfare vehicle, Electronic Warfare2014 Russia-Ukraine WarLeer-2 electronic warfare systemMobile electronic warfare vehicleSide: RussiaBuilt: Military Industrial Company / Russian defense industry / RussiaThe Leer-2 is a Russian mobile electronic warfare system installed on a Tigr-M 4x4 armored vehicle and built for radio reconnaissance, signal emulation, and jamming of enemy communications. Open sources describe a compact two-operator mission system with roof-mounted antennas, while Ukraine-war evidence places Leer-2 systems in Russian electronic-warfare activity from Crimea and Ilovaisk to documented full-scale-war losses.
AN/TPQ-53 multimission radar, Mobile multimission counterfire and air-surveillance radar, Electronic Warfare2020 United States-Iran Conflict, 2014 Russia-Ukraine War +3 moreAN/TPQ-53 multimission radarMobile multimission counterfire and air-surveillance radarSide: United StatesUkraineUnited States and coalition forcesUnited States, NATO, and Afghan government forcesAnti-ISIS coalition and partner forcesBuilt: Lockheed Martin / United StatesThe AN/TPQ-53, commonly called Q-53, is a Lockheed Martin mobile active electronically scanned array radar that began as the Army's counterfire replacement for AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radars. Its baseline mission is to detect, classify, track, and locate mortar, artillery, and rocket launches in 90-degree or 360-degree modes, while software and open-architecture upgrades have extended the same family into counter-UAS, air-surveillance, and wider multimission radar roles.
AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radar, Mobile weapon-locating counterfire radar, Electronic Warfare2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2003 Iraq War +1 moreAN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radarMobile weapon-locating counterfire radarSide: UkraineUnited States and coalition forcesUnited States, NATO, and Afghan government forcesBuilt: Hughes Aircraft Company / Raytheon / Northrop Grumman / United StatesThe AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder is a U.S. mobile weapon-locating radar built to detect, track, and backplot mortar, artillery, and rocket fire for counter-battery response. Hughes developed the original system, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman supported later Firefinder upgrade paths, and Ukrainian, U.S., and coalition use kept the Q-36 relevant well after newer counterfire radars entered service.
TORNADO-ER, Panoramic IR maritime surveillance and automatic target-detection system, Electronic WarfareTORNADO-ERPanoramic IR maritime surveillance and automatic target-detection systemSide: UnknownBuilt: Controp Precision Technologies / IsraelTORNADO-ER is Controp Precision Technologies' passive panoramic infrared scanner for coastal and maritime wide-area surveillance. Public reporting describes a dual-MWIR camera system that automatically detects and tracks moving maritime targets, updates a 360-degree panoramic picture in seconds, and can cue SPEED-family observation systems for closer identification.
RIFF anti-drone system, Portable and mobile counter-UAV jamming system, Electronic Warfare2014 Russia-Ukraine WarRIFF anti-drone systemPortable and mobile counter-UAV jamming systemSide: UkraineBuilt: InterProInvest / UkraineRIFF is an InterProInvest counter-UAV jamming family built around portable, mobile, and stationary configurations. The Ukrainian system is designed to disrupt drone control, video, and satellite-navigation links against rotary-wing and fixed-wing UAVs, with RIFF-P packaged as a shoulder-fired jammer derived from the Malyuk/Vulcan small-arms chassis and documented in Ukrainian army service context during the Russia-Ukraine War.
PIRANHA SF-3 portable UAV countermeasure device, Portable counter-UAV jamming rifle, Electronic Warfare2014 Russia-Ukraine WarPIRANHA SF-3 portable UAV countermeasure devicePortable counter-UAV jamming rifleSide: UkraineBuilt: Piranha Tech / UkraineThe PIRANHA SF-3 is a Ukrainian gun-form counter-UAV jammer from Piranha Tech. Official materials describe a three-channel portable system that applies directional radio interference against selected drone-control, video, telemetry, and geopositioning bands, while battlefield reporting places Piranha-Tech anti-drone guns with Ukrainian units in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.
1L271 Aistyonok, Portable mortar locating reconnaissance radar, Electronic Warfare2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2011 Syrian Civil War +1 more1L271 AistyonokPortable mortar locating reconnaissance radarSide: RussiaSyrian government and alliesArmenia / ArtsakhBuilt: Almaz-Antey / RussiaThe 1L271 Aistyonok is a Russian portable mortar-locating and artillery-reconnaissance radar associated with NPO Strela inside the Almaz-Antey industrial group. Rosoboronexport describes the export system as a modular radar for battalion-to-brigade fire support: detecting 81-120 mm mortar positions, tracking shell bursts for artillery correction, and observing moving ground targets out to 20 km. Specialist radar references describe a 135 kg J-band set, while open-source conflict reporting documents Russian-linked use in Syria and Ukraine plus Armenian/Artsakh wartime fielding problems in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
1K148 Yastreb-AV, Self-propelled counter-battery artillery reconnaissance radar complex, Electronic Warfare2014 Russia-Ukraine War1K148 Yastreb-AVSelf-propelled counter-battery artillery reconnaissance radar complexSide: RussiaBuilt: Almaz-Antey / RussiaThe 1K148 Yastreb-AV is a Russian self-propelled counter-battery radar complex attributed to the Almaz-Antey industrial group and Tula-based NPO Strela. Open reporting describes it as a phased-array artillery reconnaissance system on a BAZ-6910-025 8x8 chassis, built to track incoming shells or rockets and calculate artillery firing positions for counter-battery fire. Russian state-linked reporting announced its use with Russian artillery units in Ukraine in January 2024, while Ukrainian military, government-linked, and independent news coverage later documented the destruction of multiple Russian Yastreb-AV systems.
SPEED-ER, Stationary multispectral EO/IR long-range observation system, Electronic WarfareSPEED-ERStationary multispectral EO/IR long-range observation systemSide: UnknownBuilt: Controp Precision Technologies / IsraelSPEED-ER is Controp Precision Technologies' Israeli extended-range multispectral EO/IR surveillance system for stationary, mast, tower, and fixed/mobile land installations. Public Controp, defense-reporting, and U.S. market-survey sources describe a gyro-stabilized visible, MWIR thermal, and SWIR sensor package used for long-range coastal, border, vessel-traffic, force-protection, targeting, and C-UAS observation; no direct conflict-use record is attached here.
ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System, Tactical jamming pod system, Electronic Warfare2026 Iran WarALQ-99 Tactical Jamming SystemTactical jamming pod systemSide: United States and IsraelBuilt: Northrop Grumman / United StatesThe ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System is a U.S. external-carriage airborne electronic attack pod family used to jam radar and communications targets for suppression of enemy air defenses. NAVAIR says it entered service in 1971, served on the EA-6B Prowler before transitioning to the EA-18G Growler in 2010, and remains in use alongside Next Generation Jammer pods, including documented VAQ-133 carriage during 2026 Iran War strike operations.
AN/ALE-50 towed decoy, Towed decoy countermeasure, Electronic Warfare1999 Kosovo War / Operation Allied Force, 2001 War in Afghanistan +2 moreAN/ALE-50 towed decoyTowed decoy countermeasureSide: NATOUnited States, NATO, and Afghan government forcesUnited States and coalition forcesUnited States and IsraelBuilt: Raytheon / United StatesThe AN/ALE-50 is a Raytheon airborne towed decoy countermeasure developed from Naval Research Laboratory work to draw radar-guided missiles away from combat aircraft. It entered production in December 1996, pairs a launcher/controller installation with expendable decoy canisters, and is documented on F-16, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, and B-1B aircraft as a compact radio-frequency self-protection system used from Kosovo and Iraq to later U.S. air operations.
1RL239/1RL239M ARK-1/ARK-1M Rys counter-battery radar, Tracked artillery-locating counter-battery radar, Electronic Warfare1979 Soviet-Afghan War, 2014 Russia-Ukraine War1RL239/1RL239M ARK-1/ARK-1M Rys counter-battery radarTracked artillery-locating counter-battery radarSide: Soviet Union and Afghan government forcesRussiaUkraineBuilt: Arsenal / Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant (IEMZ) / Soviet UnionThe 1RL239/1RL239M ARK-1/ARK-1M Rys is a Soviet tracked artillery-locating radar family on the MT-LBu chassis, built to detect mortar, artillery, rocket-artillery, and tactical-missile firing positions for counter-battery work. The baseline ARK-1 entered Soviet service as the 1RL239, while the ARK-1M modernization added independent power and updated command equipment before late-Soviet production ended.
1L262E Rtut-BM, Tracked radio-fuze and VHF communications jamming system, Electronic Warfare2014 Russia-Ukraine War1L262E Rtut-BMTracked radio-fuze and VHF communications jamming systemSide: RussiaBuilt: Rostec-affiliated Russian defense industry / RussiaThe 1L262E Rtut-BM is a Russian tracked electronic-warfare vehicle built around a radio-fuze jammer on the MT-LBu chassis. Rosoboronexport describes the export system as a protective jammer against artillery and mine radio fuzes with a secondary radio-link interference role, while OSCE statements, geolocated reporting, and visual-loss records document Russian Rtut-BM systems in the Russia-Ukraine war.
ARTHUR, Weapon locating / artillery locating radar, Electronic Warfare2001 War in Afghanistan, 2003 Iraq War +1 moreARTHURWeapon locating / artillery locating radarSide: United States, NATO, and Afghan government forcesUnited States and coalition forcesUkraineBuilt: Saab / SwedenARTHUR is Saab's mobile weapon locating radar family for counter-battery work: it detects artillery, mortar, and rocket projectiles in flight, calculates firing and impact points, and feeds counter-fire or warning networks. UK defence sources documented MAMBA, the British ARTHUR designation, supporting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, while Ukrainian artillery-reconnaissance troops were later documented operating British MAMBA/ARTHUR in 2022.