Weapon tag archive

Radar-Guided Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 12 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Radar-Guided, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

12 weapon systems

9K33 Osa, Short-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense

Air Defense9K33 OsaShort-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile systemSide: RussiaUkraineSyrian governmentArmeniaArtsakhIndiaBuilt: Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant (IEMZ) / Soviet UnionThe 9K33 Osa, NATO reporting name SA-8 Gecko, is a Soviet short-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile system that combines search radar, tracking radar, command guidance, and ready-to-fire missiles on a single amphibious 6x6 TELAR. It appears in recent conflict records as a battlefield air-defense system in the Russia-Ukraine War and as one of the Syrian government air-defense systems Russian officials said was used during the 2018 Syria Missile Strikes.

AIM-54 Phoenix missile, Air-to-air missile, Munitions

MunitionsAIM-54 Phoenix missileAir-to-air missileSide: UnknownBuilt: Hughes Aircraft Co. / Raytheon Co. / United StatesThe Hughes AIM-54 Phoenix was the U.S. Navy's long-range air-to-air missile for the F-14 Tomcat fleet-defense role. NAVAIR described it as the Navy's only long-range air-to-air missile, and the missile's only operational carrier was the F-14.

AIM-120 AMRAAM, Air-to-air missile, Munitions

MunitionsAIM-120 AMRAAMAir-to-air missileSide: UnknownBuilt: Raytheon / United StatesThe AIM-120 AMRAAM is Raytheon's U.S.-built, all-weather beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile family with active radar terminal homing. NAVAIR says it entered service in September 1991, and the Navy lists the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet among the aircraft that can carry it.

9M317 surface-to-air missile, Anti-aircraft-guided surface-to-air missile, Munitions

Munitions9M317 surface-to-air missileAnti-aircraft-guided surface-to-air missileSide: UnknownBuilt: Dolgoprudnenskoe Scientific Production Plant (DNPP) / RussiaThe 9M317 is a Russian anti-aircraft-guided surface-to-air missile used by Buk-M2E systems and identified in export material as 9M317E. Public reference sources describe it as a 5.5-meter, 710-kilogram missile with a 70-kilogram high-explosive fragmentation warhead, solid-fuel propulsion, and inertial plus semi-active radar homing.

AIM-120C-5 AMRAAM air-to-air missile, Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, Munitions

MunitionsAIM-120C-5 AMRAAM air-to-air missileBeyond-visual-range air-to-air missileSide: PakistanYemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: Raytheon / United StatesThe AIM-120C-5 AMRAAM is a U.S.-built beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile variant with active radar homing and the narrower C-series airframe. AMRAAM entered U.S. service in September 1991, SIPRI recorded a 2003 export deal for 106 AIM-120C-5 missiles, and Pakistan Air Force F-16s were reported firing the type in the 2019 border clash.

AIM-120C/D AMRAAM air-to-air missile, Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, Munitions

MunitionsAIM-120C/D AMRAAM air-to-air missileBeyond-visual-range air-to-air missileSide: UnknownBuilt: Raytheon / United StatesThe AIM-120C/D AMRAAM is the clipped-fin United States beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile family with inertial midcourse guidance and active radar terminal homing. Lockheed Martin's F-35C Fast Facts sheet lists two AIM-120C/D missiles in the carrier variant's standard internal weapons load, and RTX describes AMRAAM as a U.S. Air Force and Navy air-to-air missile family.

AIM-120D AMRAAM air-to-air missile, Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, Munitions

MunitionsAIM-120D AMRAAM air-to-air missileBeyond-visual-range air-to-air missileSide: UnknownBuilt: Raytheon / United StatesThe AIM-120D AMRAAM is Raytheon's latest U.S. medium-range, radar-guided, launch-and-leave air-to-air missile. Air Combat Command describes the D model as field-reprogrammable with data-link electronics and GPS antennas, and an AFCENT photo shows it being attached to an F-15E pylon in 2019.

ASTRA BVRAAM, Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, Munitions

MunitionsASTRA BVRAAMBeyond-visual-range air-to-air missileSide: UnknownBuilt: Bharat Dynamics Limited / IndiaASTRA BVRAAM is India's indigenous beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation and produced by Bharat Dynamics Limited. BDL's product material describes the weapon as a solid-rocket, active-radar-homing missile with an 80-110 km engagement range, and Tejas test-fired the missile in March 2025.

Derby BVR air-to-air missile, Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, Munitions

MunitionsDerby BVR air-to-air missileBeyond-visual-range air-to-air missileSide: UnknownBuilt: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems / IsraelDerby BVR air-to-air missile is Rafael's active-radar beyond-visual-range missile family for fighter aircraft and related air-defense launchers. PIB said Tejas trials in 2021 also validated the already integrated Derby BVR AAM on the aircraft.

GÖKDOĞAN air-to-air missile, Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, Munitions

MunitionsGÖKDOĞAN air-to-air missileBeyond-visual-range air-to-air missileSide: UnknownBuilt: TÜBİTAK SAGE / TurkeyGÖKDOĞAN is TÜBİTAK SAGE's Turkish beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, built around a solid-fuel rocket engine, an active radar seeker, and a 65+ km range. TÜBİTAK SAGE's official pages and Baykar's live-fire report place it in wing-station firing use from Bayraktar KIZILELMA against a jet-powered target.

Meteor, Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, Munitions

MunitionsMeteorBeyond-visual-range air-to-air missileSide: UnknownBuilt: MBDA / France / United Kingdom / Germany / Italy / Spain / SwedenMBDA Meteor is a European beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile developed by European partners led by MBDA. It uses a solid-fuel variable-flow ducted rocket, an active radar seeker, and a blast-fragmentation warhead, and MBDA lists integrations on Rafale, Typhoon, Gripen, and F-35 aircraft.

AAM-4B, Medium-range air-to-air missile, Munitions

MunitionsAAM-4BMedium-range air-to-air missileSide: UnknownBuilt: Mitsubishi Electric / JapanThe AAM-4B is Japan's domestically built medium-range air-to-air missile for F-2 and F-15 fighters. Ministry of Defense budget papers keep funding it as fighter ammunition, and CSIS notes the missile was the first air-to-air design with an AESA seeker.