Conflict catalog

1995 Cenepa War: Weapons and Equipment

Brief border war between Ecuador and Peru over the Cenepa valley.

The 1995 Cenepa War was a short 1995 border conflict between Ecuador and Peru fought in difficult jungle and mountain terrain along the Cenepa River. The catalog focuses on aircraft, air-defense, and ground systems that can be directly tied to the campaign.

This catalog tracks weapon systems directly documented in 1995 Cenepa War use.

Entries should be limited to systems with direct conflict-use sourcing.

5 weapon systems

Conflict Actors

Ecuador / Peru

Ecuador

3 weapon systems in this catalog

Peru

2 weapon systems in this catalog
  • Peru

Context

Status
Published catalog
Domains
land, air

Weapons

1995 Cenepa War Weapon Systems

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

5/5
IAI Kfir, Fighter-bomber and multirole combat aircraft, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsIAI KfirFighter-bomber and multirole combat aircraftSide: EcuadorRole: InterceptorBuilt: Israel Aerospace Industries / IsraelThe IAI Kfir is an Israeli fighter-bomber and multirole combat aircraft developed by Israel Aircraft Industries from the Mirage 5 and IAI Nesher lineage. Powered by a license-built General Electric J79 turbojet, the type entered Israeli service in 1975, became Israel's first home-grown fighter-bomber, and later served export operators in Colombia, Ecuador, Sri Lanka, and U.S. adversary-training fleets.
Mirage F1, Single-engine fighter and strike aircraft, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsMirage F1Single-engine fighter and strike aircraftSide: EcuadorRole: Ecuadorian fighter patrol, reconnaissance, and support sortiesBuilt: Dassault Aviation / FranceThe Dassault Mirage F1 is a French swept-wing fighter family built around all-weather interception but adapted into attack, reconnaissance, trainer, and export multirole versions. Its source-backed conflict record spans Iraqi Mirage F1EQ missions in the Iran-Iraq War and Gulf War, Ecuadorian Cenepa War sorties, French reconnaissance and strike-support deployments from Kosovo to Afghanistan, Libya, and Mali, and a 2019 Libyan shootdown tied to GNA strike activity during the Tripoli siege.
SEPECAT Jaguar, Supersonic jet attack aircraft, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsSEPECAT JaguarSupersonic jet attack aircraftSide: EcuadorRole: Reserve strike aircraftBuilt: SEPECAT / Hindustan Aeronautics Limited / France / United Kingdom / IndiaThe SEPECAT Jaguar is a Franco-British supersonic jet attack aircraft built for low-level strike, close air support, reconnaissance, and tactical nuclear delivery. Jointly developed by SEPECAT and later license-produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for India, it first flew in 1968 and went on to see documented combat use in the 1975 Western Sahara War, the Chadian-Libyan conflict, the 1990 Gulf War, the 1992 Bosnian War, the 1999 Kargil War, and the 1995 Cenepa War.
Su-17, Variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber / ground-attack aircraft, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsSu-17Variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber / ground-attack aircraftSide: PeruRole: Peruvian attack sortiesBuilt: Sukhoi / Soviet Union / RussiaThe Su-17 Fitter is a Soviet variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed from the fixed-wing Su-7B and exported through the Su-20 and Su-22 lines. Designed for ground attack and bombing with rockets, bombs, missiles, gun pods, and 30 mm cannon armament, the family is documented in Soviet, Iraqi, and Syrian conflict use from Afghanistan to Syria.
Su-22 fighter-bomber, Variable-sweep-wing fighter-bomber / ground-attack aircraft, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsSu-22 fighter-bomberVariable-sweep-wing fighter-bomber / ground-attack aircraftSide: PeruRole: Peruvian close-air-support aircraftBuilt: Sukhoi / Soviet UnionThe Su-22 is the export member of Sukhoi's Su-17 Fitter family, a Soviet variable-sweep fighter-bomber built for low-level strike, ground attack, and battlefield interdiction. Direct conflict records on this page emphasize documented combat use and losses: Libyan Su-22s over the Gulf of Sidra, an Azerbaijani Su-22 loss in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Iraqi Su-22/Fitter chemical-attack delivery in the Iran-Iraq War, Desert Storm losses, Peruvian Cenepa War air-support missions, and Syrian government bombing near Tabqah in 2017.

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