Profile
- Type
- Medium-altitude long-endurance UAV
- Conflict side
- Ukraine
- Origin
- Turkey
- Service note
- Modern drone warfare
A Turkish unmanned aircraft used for reconnaissance and strike missions. It became especially prominent in the early phase of the full-scale invasion.
Operated by Ukraine for reconnaissance and strike missions, especially visibly during the early phase of the full-scale invasion.
Shahed-136One-way attack droneThe Shahed-136 is an Iranian-designed one-way attack drone associated with mass long-range strikes, appearing as the Russian Geran family in Ukraine and as an Iranian attack-drone threat in the U.S.-Iran conflict.
ZALA LancetLoitering munitionThe ZALA Lancet is a Russian electric loitering munition with a distinctive dual X-wing layout, launched from a catapult and guided by an onboard television channel for terminal attack. In the Russia-Ukraine War it became one of Russia's prominent tactical strike UAVs, used against Ukrainian artillery, air-defense systems, armor, vehicles, and other battlefield targets.
B-2 SpiritStealth strategic bomberThe B-2 Spirit is a U.S. low-observable strategic bomber whose long range and payload made it the aircraft used to deliver GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs in Operation Midnight Hammer against Iran.
GBU-57 Massive Ordnance PenetratorPrecision-guided bunker-buster bombThe GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator is a U.S. Air Force deep-penetration munition built for heavily protected facilities and documented in its first operational use during strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
Tor-M2Short-range surface-to-air missile systemThe Tor-M2 is a Russian short-range, self-propelled surface-to-air missile system built to protect maneuver forces and fixed sites from aircraft, helicopters, drones, guided missiles, and other precision weapons. In the Russia-Ukraine War it appears in Russian service as a tracked tactical air-defense vehicle, with visually documented battlefield losses showing its use close enough to the front to be targeted by Ukrainian forces.