Weapon tag archive

Maritime Strike Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 8 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Maritime Strike, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

8 weapon systems

A-6E Intruder, Carrier-based attack aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsA-6E IntruderCarrier-based attack aircraftSide: UnknownBuilt: Grumman Aerospace / United StatesThe A-6E Intruder was Grumman's two-seat, twin-jet carrier-based attack aircraft for all-weather strike, later upgraded with TRAM sensors and Harpoon-capable mission fit.

Tu-22M, Long-range supersonic bomber and missile carrier, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsTu-22MLong-range supersonic bomber and missile carrierSide: Soviet Union and Afghan government forcesRussiaRussia and South Ossetian forcesSyrian government and alliesBuilt: Tupolev / Kazan Aircraft Production Association / Soviet Union / RussiaThe Tupolev Tu-22M3 Backfire-C is a variable-sweep long-range supersonic bomber and missile carrier built for sea and ground targets. Tupolev says the finalized Tu-22M3 entered service in 1989, can strike from 2,200 km away with guided missiles or aerial bombs, and remains one of Russia's principal long-range strike aircraft.

Xi'an H-6, Strategic bomber, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsXi'an H-6Strategic bomberSide: IraqBuilt: Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation / ChinaThe Xi'an H-6 is China's license-built Tu-16-derived strategic bomber family, produced by Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation and still in PLA service. Later H-6 variants added maritime-strike, tanker, and cruise-missile roles, and Iraqi H-6Ds armed with C-601 missiles were used in the Tanker War phase of the Iran-Iraq War.

Buccaneer S2, Strike aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsBuccaneer S2Strike aircraftSide: UnknownBuilt: Blackburn Aircraft Company / Hawker Siddeley Aviation / United KingdomThe Buccaneer S2 was the British low-level strike variant of Blackburn's carrier-borne Buccaneer family, built by Blackburn Aircraft and later Hawker Siddeley Aviation. It paired twin Rolls-Royce Spey turbofans with two-seat crew accommodation, long-range maritime strike performance, and RAF service that included BL755 carriage in 1973.

Xi'an JH-7, Twin-engine fighter-bomber, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsXi'an JH-7Twin-engine fighter-bomberSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Xi'an Aircraft Industry Corporation / ChinaThe Xi'an JH-7 is a Chinese twin-engine, two-seat fighter-bomber family developed by Xi'an Aircraft Industry Corporation for long-range strike and maritime attack. The type is known as the Flying Leopard, the JH-7A remains active, and CATIC describes the export JH-7E as a dual-seat all-weather supersonic fighter-bomber for stand-off attacks against ships and ground targets.

C-801 anti-ship missile, Anti-ship cruise missile, Munitions

MunitionsC-801 anti-ship missileAnti-ship cruise missileSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation / China Haiying Electro-Mechanical Technology Academy / ChinaThe C-801 is the export designation of China's YJ-8 family, a solid-propellant, sea-skimming anti-ship missile built by CASIC's Third Academy. Open references list it as entering service in 1987, assign it a 42 km range and 165 kg warhead, and connect the family to later air- and submarine-launched variants as well as Yemen's 1995 procurement and 2016 Houthi attacks.

Ghader anti-ship cruise missile, Anti-ship cruise missile, Munitions

MunitionsGhader anti-ship cruise missileAnti-ship cruise missileSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Iranian defense industry / IranThe Ghader, also reported as Qader, is Iran's 200-kilometre C-802-derived anti-ship cruise missile. Unveiled in 2011, it was described as a low-altitude, radar-guided weapon capable of launch from land, sea, and air, and the same family later appeared in Houthi anti-shipping inventories in Yemen.

Kowsar cruise anti-ship missile, Anti-ship cruise missile family, Munitions

MunitionsKowsar cruise anti-ship missileAnti-ship cruise missile familySide: UnknownBuilt: Aerospace Industries Organization / Iranian defense industry / IranThe Kowsar cruise anti-ship missile is an Iranian short-range anti-ship missile family built by the Aerospace Industries Organization and associated with the C-701/TL-10 lineage. Public reporting describes Kowsar variants with TV or active-radar seekers, land-ship-air launch options, and carriage on IRGC Navy Ashura-class boats.