GBU-16 Paveway II1,000-pound laser-guided bombSide: Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: Raytheon and Lockheed Martin / United StatesThe GBU-16 Paveway II is a U.S.-origin laser-guided bomb that combines a 1,000-pound Mk 83-class bomb body with a Paveway II guidance kit. In the Yemen Civil War, human-rights and munitions investigators identified likely GBU-16 remnants from Saudi/UAE-led coalition airstrikes, making it part of the conflict's documented air-delivered precision-munition record.Category archive
Munitions Weapon Systems
Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.
This category groups standalone missiles, guided bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and other expendable payloads represented as catalog entries.
Entries distinguish the munition from its launch platform while preserving guidance method, payload class, range, origin, and documented conflict use.
38 weapon systemsCategory
Munitions
Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.
GBU-16 Paveway II1,000-pound laser-guided bombSide: Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: Raytheon and Lockheed Martin / United StatesThe GBU-16 Paveway II is a U.S.-origin laser-guided bomb that combines a 1,000-pound Mk 83-class bomb body with a Paveway II guidance kit. In the Yemen Civil War, human-rights and munitions investigators identified likely GBU-16 remnants from Saudi/UAE-led coalition airstrikes, making it part of the conflict's documented air-delivered precision-munition record.
GBU-31(V)1 Joint Direct Attack Munition2,000-pound GPS/INS-guided bomb kitSide: Israel / United States / Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: Boeing / United StatesThe GBU-31(V)1 Joint Direct Attack Munition is Boeing's 2,000-pound GPS/INS guidance kit for the Mk 84 bomb body. UN and human rights reporting has linked GBU-31-class bombs to Israeli strikes in Gaza, U.S. stand-in precision strikes during the United States-Iran Conflict, and Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in the Yemen Civil War.
Mk 84 Mod 4 2,000-pound unguided bomb2,000-pound unguided general-purpose bombSide: Israel / Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems / United StatesThe Mk 84 Mod 4 is a U.S. 2,000-pound general-purpose bomb body in the Mark 80 family, used as a heavy unguided air-delivered strike weapon and as the basis for guided bomb kits. Researchers and conflict investigations have documented Mk 84-class bombs in recent air campaigns, including Israeli use in Gaza and Saudi-led coalition use during the Yemen Civil War.
GBU-24 Paveway III2,000-pound-class laser-guided bombSide: Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: Raytheon / United StatesThe GBU-24 Paveway III is a U.S.-origin 2,000-pound-class laser-guided bomb kit family built around a Paveway III seeker and tail assembly for Mk 84 or BLU-109-class bomb bodies. In the Yemen Civil War, rights monitors and munitions specialists documented GBU-24 or Paveway III-series remnants after Saudi/UAE-led coalition airstrikes, making it part of the coalition precision-strike record while leaving some variant details dependent on fragmentary battlefield evidence.
LAR-160160 mm artillery rocket / cluster-munition rocketSide: AzerbaijanBuilt: Israel Military Industries / IsraelThe LAR-160 is an Israeli 160 mm artillery rocket family originally developed by Israel Military Industries for mobile multiple-rocket launchers. In Nagorno-Karabakh, Human Rights Watch identified Azerbaijani use of LAR-160 cluster-munition rockets that dispersed M095 dual-purpose submunitions across populated areas.
SS-60 Mk4 Cluster Rocket300 mm unguided cluster artillery rocketSide: Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: Avibras Industria Aeroespacial SA / BrazilThe SS-60 Mk4 is a Brazilian 300 mm ASTROS-family unguided artillery rocket made by Avibras for long-range area fires. In the Yemen Civil War, open-source investigations identified SS-60 Mk4-marked rocket remnants and Brazilian ASTROS cluster munition rockets after Saudi-led coalition strikes in Saada governorate.
CBU-58A/B cluster bombAir-delivered cluster bombSide: Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: Milan Army Ammunition Plant / U.S. Army Munitions Command final loading; Ajax Hardware Manufacturing Corporation produced BLU-63/B bomblets / United StatesThe CBU-58A/B is a U.S.-origin air-delivered cluster bomb built around the SUU-30 dispenser and BLU-63-series anti-personnel submunitions. In the Yemen Civil War, Human Rights Watch documented CBU-58 remnants after Saudi-led coalition strikes in Sanaa, making the weapon part of the conflict's air-launched cluster-munition record.
SUU-30H/B dispenserAir-delivered submunition dispenserSide: Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: U.S. Army ammunition plant production; Milan Army Ammunition Plant documented on Yemen remnant lot marking / United StatesThe SUU-30H/B is a U.S.-origin, fin-stabilized submunition dispenser used as the cargo body for several air-dropped cluster bomb units, including CBU-52B/B and CBU-58A/B configurations. Open-source munitions documentation links SUU-30H/B remnants to Saudi/UAE-led coalition airstrikes during the Yemen Civil War.
BL-755 cluster bombAir-dropped anti-armor cluster bombSide: Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: Hunting Engineering Ltd / United KingdomThe BL-755 is a British air-dropped anti-armor cluster bomb built around a dispenser carrying 147 bomblets. In the Yemen Civil War, it is documented as a legacy UK-made munition used by Saudi-led coalition forces before Saudi Arabia said the coalition would cease using the type.
BLU-63A/B submunitionAir-dropped high-explosive fragmentation submunitionSide: Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: Milan Army Ammunition Plant / U.S. Air Force procurement / United StatesThe BLU-63A/B is a U.S.-origin impact-fired high-explosive fragmentation bomblet carried in CBU-58A/B cluster bombs. Open-source documentation links BLU-63A/B and related BLU-63 remnants to Saudi-led coalition air attacks during the Yemen Civil War, where the submunitions functioned as unguided area-effect strike munitions dispersed from air-delivered cluster bomb dispensers.
ALARM anti-radiation missileAir-launched anti-radiation missileSide: Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: BAe Dynamics; MBDA UK / United KingdomALARM is a British air-launched anti-radiation missile built for suppression of enemy air defenses, using pre-planned navigation and passive radar homing with direct and parachute-loiter attack modes. In the Yemen Civil War record, it appears as a UK-supplied Royal Saudi Air Force munition used during Saudi-led coalition air operations rather than as a fully documented radar-kill case.
Storm ShadowAir-launched cruise missileSide: Ukraine / U.S.-led coalition and partner forces / United States-led coalition / Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: MBDA / United Kingdom / FranceStorm Shadow is the UK name for the Franco-British Storm Shadow/SCALP air-launched cruise missile, a low-observable deep-strike weapon built by MBDA for precision attacks on hardened or high-value fixed targets. RAF Tornado GR4s fired Storm Shadow missiles during the 2018 Syria Missile Strikes, UK-supplied missiles later gave Ukraine a longer-range conventional strike option from adapted Su-24 aircraft, and UK parliamentary records document Saudi use in Yemen.
AGM-154 JSOWAir-launched guided glide bombSide: Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: Raytheon / United StatesThe AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon is a U.S.-built, 1,000-pound-class air-launched guided glide bomb that gives carrier and tactical aircraft a GPS/INS-guided standoff option against fixed land targets. In the Yemen Civil War archive it is represented through documented U.S. Navy F/A-18 loadouts for strikes against Houthi forces during the 2025 Red Sea escalation.
AGM-114 Hellfire missile familyAir-to-surface missile familySide: United States / Israel / Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: Lockheed Martin / United StatesThe AGM-114 Hellfire is a U.S. air-to-surface missile family used from helicopters and UAVs for precision strikes against armored vehicles, point targets, and selected high-value personnel. Its AGM-114R9X variant replaces the explosive warhead with a kinetic blade assembly, and AP reported evidence of a suspected R9X strike near Marib during the Yemen Civil War.
Al-Mandab-1 anti-ship cruise missileAnti-ship cruise missileSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: China Haiying Electro-Mechanical Technology Academy / ChinaAl-Mandab-1 is the Houthi designation for a Chinese C-801-family anti-ship cruise missile. Open-source reporting ties it to pre-war Yemeni stocks and shows Houthi forces fielding it during the Yemen Civil War, while the exact C-801 or C-802 variant remains uncertain.
Al-Mandab-2 anti-ship cruise missileAnti-ship cruise missileSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Houthi missile program / YemenAl-Mandab-2 is the Houthi designation for a long-range anti-ship cruise missile used in the Yemen Civil War against Red Sea shipping. UN reporting described it as a seven-meter, 300-kilometer system with micro-turbojet propulsion and noted strong external similarities to the C-802 and Iran's Ghader/Ghadir family.C-801 anti-ship missileAnti-ship cruise missileSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: China Haiying Electro-Mechanical Technology Academy (CASIC Third Academy) / ChinaThe C-801 is China's export version of the YJ-8, a solid-rocket, sea-skimming anti-ship missile that entered Yemeni inventories before the civil war and was later assessed as likely used by Houthi forces in the 2016 Bab el-Mandab attacks.
C-802 anti-ship missileAnti-ship cruise missileSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Third Academy / ChinaThe C-802 is a Chinese export anti-ship cruise missile built by CASIC's Third Academy. In Yemen Civil War reporting, it is the class believed to have been used by Houthi-aligned forces in the October 2016 Red Sea attacks on HSV-2 Swift and USS Mason..jpg?width=480)
Quds-Z-0 anti-ship cruise missileAnti-ship cruise missileSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Houthi movement / Iranian technical support / Yemen / IranThe Quds-Z-0 is a Houthi anti-ship cruise missile unveiled in 2023 as an anti-shipping derivative of the Iranian Paveh/Quds land-attack family. Open-source analysis describes it as EO/IR-guided, likely produced in Iran or Yemen with Iranian technical support, and fielded in Yemen Civil War maritime-strike displays.
Sayyad anti-ship cruise missileAnti-ship cruise missileSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Houthi military industry / YemenThe Sayyad is a Houthi-fielded anti-ship cruise missile first displayed in Sana'a in 2023 and linked by analysts to Iran's Paveh/Project 351 cruise-missile lineage. In the Yemen Civil War, it added a long-range naval strike option to the Houthi arsenal and was reported in the Red Sea campaign.
M095 DPICM cluster submunitionDual-purpose improved conventional munition submunitionSide: AzerbaijanBuilt: Israel Military Industries / IsraelThe M095 is an Israeli-made dual-purpose improved conventional munition carried by LAR-160 cluster rockets. In the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, investigators identified M095 remnants, impact patterns, pink stabilization ribbons, and unexploded submunitions after Azerbaijani rocket attacks on populated areas including Stepanakert and Hadrut.
ZP-39 submunitionDual-purpose improved conventional munition submunitionSide: Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: Unknown / UnknownThe ZP-39 is an unidentified dual-purpose improved conventional munition submunition associated with ground-fired cluster munitions. In Yemen, Human Rights Watch identified ZP-39 remnants after an April 2015 Baqim incident in Saada governorate, while noting that the producer, country of origin, and delivery system were not publicly known.
Joint Direct Attack Munition / JDAM-guided bombGPS/INS-guided bomb conversion kitSide: United StatesBuilt: Boeing Defense, Space & Security / United StatesThe Joint Direct Attack Munition is a Boeing-built tail-kit family that converts Mark 80-series and related free-fall bombs into GPS/INS-guided weapons. In the United States-Iran Conflict, U.S. forces used JDAM-guided bombs for stand-in precision strikes after air-defense degradation made overhead bombing missions more practical than relying only on standoff munitions.
Badr-1P guided rocketGuided artillery rocketSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Houthi military industry / YemenThe Badr-1P is a Houthi-developed precision-guided solid-propellant rocket that appeared in 2018 and became part of the Yemen Civil War's short-range strike layer.
Badr-F guided rocketGuided artillery rocketSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Houthi missile industry / YemenThe Badr-F guided rocket is a Houthi-developed precision-guided artillery rocket in the Badr family, reported in 2019 with an air-burst warhead and use in Yemen Civil War cross-border strikes.
9N235 cluster submunitionHigh-explosive fragmentation cluster submunitionSide: Armenia / ArtsakhBuilt: Splav State Research and Production Association / Soviet Union / RussiaThe 9N235 is a Soviet/Russian high-explosive fragmentation submunition carried by Smerch and Uragan cargo rockets. In the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Human Rights Watch linked 9N235-filled 9M55K Smerch cluster rockets to Armenian and/or Nagorno-Karabakh use against Azerbaijani locations, making it a documented area-effect munition in the conflict archive.
Improvised explosive deviceImprovised explosive deviceSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Houthi forces / local fabrication / YemenImprovised explosive devices in Yemen were locally fabricated bombs used by Houthi-aligned forces for roadside ambushes, emplaced attacks, and repurposed ordnance, showing how the Yemen Civil War mixed guerrilla tactics with improvised munitions rather than a single standardized model.
MAM-L guided bombLaser-guided smart micro munitionSide: AzerbaijanBuilt: Roketsan / TurkeyThe MAM-L is a Turkish laser-guided smart micro munition built by Roketsan for UAVs and light attack aircraft. In the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, Azerbaijan fielded Bayraktar TB2 UAVs armed with MAM-L bombs as part of a precision-strike campaign against Armenian air defenses, armor, vehicles, and other ground targets.
Burkan-3 ballistic missileMedium-range ballistic missileSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Iranian missile program / IranBurkan-3 is the Houthi name for a long-range liquid-fueled ballistic missile unveiled in August 2019. Open-source analysis links it to Iran's Qiam lineage, and Houthi forces used it in Yemen Civil War strikes that expanded their reach to Saudi Arabia's Gulf coast.
Sea mineNaval mineSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Various manufacturers / MultipleSea mines are explosive naval weapons laid in water to damage ships and submarines. In the Yemen Civil War, Houthi-aligned forces used sea mines in the Red Sea and around Bab el-Mandeb to threaten fishing boats and commercial shipping lanes.
Hwasong-5 ballistic missileRoad-mobile short-range ballistic missileSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: North Korean defense industry / North KoreaThe Hwasong-5 is North Korea's Scud-B-derived short-range ballistic missile, a road-mobile liquid-fueled weapon with roughly 300 km range. In the Yemen Civil War, Houthi-aligned forces are documented as fielding inherited Yemeni Hwasong-5/6 stocks, with most assessed as converted into Burkan-series missiles rather than retained as unmodified missiles.
PGM500 / Hakim 2Rocket-assisted air-launched precision-guided bombSide: Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: GEC-Marconi Dynamics; later marketed by MBDA / United KingdomThe PGM500 / Hakim 2 is the 500-pound member of the Hakim precision-guided munition family, a rocket-assisted air-launched weapon developed for the United Arab Emirates with modular seekers. In the Yemen Civil War, open-source investigations documented PGM-500/Hakim remnants in Saudi-led coalition airstrikes, linking the munition to coalition precision-strike operations.Burkan-2H ballistic missileScud-derived ballistic missileSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Iranian missile industry / IranThe Burkan-2H is the Houthi designation for an Iranian Qiam-1-derived, Scud-type ballistic missile used in the Yemen Civil War for long-range strikes against Saudi targets. Open-source reporting links it to 2017 launches toward Yanbu and Riyadh and to the broader Houthi missile campaign.
Burkan-1 ballistic missileShort-range ballistic missileSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Houthi missile workshops / YemenBurkan-1 is the Houthi designation for a locally upgraded Scud-family short-range ballistic missile unveiled in 2016 and used for cross-border strikes from Yemen into Saudi Arabia during the Yemen Civil War.
Hwasong-6 ballistic missileShort-range ballistic missileSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: North Korean defense industry / North KoreaThe Hwasong-6 is a North Korean Scud-C-derived short-range ballistic missile with a longer range and smaller payload than earlier Scud-B types. In the Yemen Civil War, Houthi-aligned forces used Scud-C/Hwasong-6-class missiles for cross-border ballistic strikes against Saudi Arabia, making the system part of the conflict's long-range missile and air-defense record.
R-17 Scud-B ballistic missileShort-range ballistic missileSide: Armenia / Artsakh / Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Votkinsk Machine Building Plant / Soviet UnionThe R-17 Elbrus, known to NATO as the SS-1C Scud-B, is a Soviet road-mobile, liquid-fueled short-range ballistic missile built for deep strikes with conventional, chemical, or nuclear payloads. Armenian forces used Scud-B missiles in strikes on Ganja during the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, and Houthi-aligned forces fielded inherited Yemeni R-17E/Scud-B stocks during the Yemen Civil War, illustrating the continued battlefield and political risk of older, inaccurate ballistic missiles in regional wars.
Scud-C ballistic missileShort-range liquid-fueled ballistic missileSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Soviet defense industry; North Korean Hwasong-6 export production for Scud-C-derived missiles / Soviet Union / North KoreaThe Scud-C is an extended-range member of the Soviet Scud ballistic-missile family, trading payload and accuracy for a roughly 550 km range. In the Yemen Civil War, Houthi-aligned forces used Scud-series missiles for cross-border strikes against Saudi targets, and CSIS reporting identifies Scud-C launches early in the 2015 missile campaign.
122 mm Katyusha rocketUnguided 122 mm artillery rocketSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: NPO Splav and multiple licensed or foreign producers / Soviet Union / Russia; copies and compatible rockets produced internationallyThe 122 mm Katyusha rocket is the common Grad-style unguided artillery rocket family associated with BM-21 and improvised launchers. In Yemen, open-source investigations document pro-Houthi use of 122 mm unguided rockets in Aden, where their area-effect, low-accuracy fire made them especially dangerous in populated neighborhoods.