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Carrier-Based Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 5 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Carrier-Based, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

5 weapon systems

F-14 Tomcat, Carrier-based air superiority fighter, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsF-14 TomcatCarrier-based air superiority fighterSide: United StatesIranCoalition forcesUnited States and coalition forcesNATOBuilt: Grumman Corporation / United StatesThe Grumman F-14 Tomcat was a U.S. Navy carrier-based, two-seat, variable-sweep-wing air-superiority fighter that later took on strike and reconnaissance roles. Built by Grumman for long-range fleet defense, it became one of the Navy's signature interceptors and remained in combat use from the Gulf of Sidra through Iraq and Afghanistan before U.S. retirement in 2006.

MiG-29K, Carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsMiG-29KCarrier-based multirole fighter aircraftSide: Russian NavyBuilt: Mikoyan / Soviet Union / RussiaThe Mikoyan MiG-29K is a carrier-based, all-weather multirole fighter developed from the MiG-29M for naval aviation. It serves with the Indian Navy and Russian Navy, and Russian MiG-29K/KR aircraft flew from Admiral Kuznetsov during the 2016 Syria deployment.

F-35C Lightning II, Carrier-based stealth multirole fighter, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsF-35C Lightning IICarrier-based stealth multirole fighterSide: Yemeni government and coalition forcesUnited StatesBuilt: Lockheed Martin / Northrop Grumman / BAE Systems / Pratt & Whitney / United StatesThe F-35C Lightning II is the carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, built for catapult launches and arrested landings with larger wings, folding wingtips, strengthened landing gear, internal fuel for long-range carrier operations, and a sensor suite intended for strike, air-to-air, reconnaissance, and electronic-warfare missions. U.S. Marine Corps F-35Cs made the variant's first documented combat strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen in 2024, and an F-35C was later reported shooting down an Iranian Shahed-139 drone near USS Abraham Lincoln in 2026.

EA-18G Growler, Carrier-capable airborne electronic attack aircraft, Electronic Warfare

Electronic WarfareEA-18G GrowlerCarrier-capable airborne electronic attack aircraftSide: United StatesU.S.-led coalition and partner forcesAnti-ISIS coalition and partner forcesUnited States-led coalitionUnspecifiedBuilt: 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 first combat use in Libya in 2011 and later documented use in Operation Inherent Resolve, Red Sea operations against Houthi forces, and the U.S.-Iran strike context.

Type 002 Shandong aircraft carrier, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy ski-jump aircraft carrier, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsType 002 Shandong aircraft carrierChinese People's Liberation Army Navy ski-jump aircraft carrierSide: UnknownBuilt: Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company / ChinaThe Type 002 Shandong is China's first domestically built aircraft carrier and the PLAN's second operational carrier. It uses a STOBAR ski-jump layout, was launched in April 2017, and was commissioned at Sanya on 17 December 2019 as hull number CV-17.