This list of missiles by country groups guided missiles by the country in which they were developed. Joint programmes are listed under each country that made a substantial development contribution. The list includes operational, retired, cancelled and experimental guided missiles, but is not intended to be exhaustive.
For consistency, this list excludes dedicated anti-tank guided missiles, unguided artillery rockets, torpedoes, guided bombs, target drones and decoys, space-launch vehicles, and complete air-defence or launch systems when the missile itself has a separate designation. Systems derived from a missile may be mentioned only where needed to identify the missile. For an alphabetical list by missile name, see list of missiles.
Argentina Argentina's principal indigenous ballistic-missile efforts were the Cóndor and Alacrán programmes. The Nuclear Threat Initiative identifies the Cóndor II as Argentina's most ambitious ballistic-missile programme and the Falda del Carmen complex as the development site for Cóndor II and Alacrán. Cóndor I – sounding-rocket design adapted into a tactical missile programme. Cóndor II – cancelled ballistic-missile programme. Alacrán – ballistic-missile development tested from CELPA Chamical.
Australia Australia and the United States are co-development partners on the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM). Ikara – anti-submarine missile Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) – multinational development programme Precision Strike Missile – American-Australian Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile – American-Australian
Brazil Brazil has participated in indigenous and joint missile programmes. Denel describes the A-Darter as a South African design co-funded by Brazil, while the Brazilian Navy describes MANSUP as a nationally developed anti-ship missile. A-Darter – short-range air-to-air missile; joint South African-Brazilian programme. MANSUP – anti-ship missile developed in Brazil.
Canada Velvet Glove – experimental air-to-air missile developed in Canada during the 1950s.
China China fields a large and diverse force of ballistic and cruise missiles; the inventory below also includes air-to-air, surface-to-air and anti-submarine missiles.
Anti-ship and land-attack missiles HY-2 YJ-7 YJ-12 YJ-18 YJ-62 YJ-83 YJ-91 CJ-10 / DF-10 KD-88 HN-1, HN-2 and HN-3
Air-to-air missiles PL-5 PL-7 PL-8 PL-9 PL-10 PL-11 PL-12 PL-15 TY-90
Ballistic missiles DF-3A DF-4 DF-5 DF-11 DF-12 / M20 DF-15 DF-16 DF-17 DF-21 DF-26 DF-31, DF-31A and DF-31AG DF-41 JL-1 JL-2 JL-3
Surface-to-air and anti-submarine missiles HQ-1 HQ-2 HQ-7 HQ-9 HQ-10 HQ-16 HQ-17 HQ-61 KS-1 LY-60 QW-1 QW-2 CY-1 – anti-submarine missile Yu-8 – anti-submarine missile
France France has developed ballistic, cruise, anti-ship, air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles, including both national and multinational programmes. Apache AS.20 AS.30 ASMP / ASMP-A / ASMP-R ASN4G – nuclear-armed air-launched missile under development Aster – Franco-Italian family Crotale Exocet – anti-ship missile family Hadès – retired ballistic missile M1 M2 M20 M4 M45 M51 Malafon – anti-submarine missile Masurca – naval surface-to-air missile MdCN / SCALP Naval MICA Mistral Pluton R.530 S1 S2 S3 Super 530 Martel – Franco-British Meteor – multinational European air-to-air missile Roland – Franco-German Otomat – Franco-Italian Sea Venom / ANL – Franco-British Storm Shadow / SCALP EG – Franco-British
Germany Germany is the lead nation for the multinational IRIS-T programme and is a major participant in several other European and transatlantic guided-missile programmes. IRIS-T – German-led multinational short-range air-to-air missile. IRIS-T SL – surface-launched derivative of IRIS-T. IDAS – submarine-launched multi-role guided missile developed by Diehl Defence, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and partners. RIM-116 RAM – German-American naval point-defence missile. Taurus KEPD 350 – German-Swedish air-launched cruise missile developed by TAURUS Systems. Meteor – multinational European air-to-air missile. 3SM Tyrfing – German-Norwegian anti-ship missile programme.
World War II designs V-1 flying bomb V-2 rocket Enzian Wasserfall Ruhrstahl X-4 Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling Rheintochter Feuerlilie
India India develops a broad range of ballistic and cruise missiles and has collaborated with Russia on the BrahMos programme.
Surface-to-Air Missiles Akash Akash-NG Barak 8 – Indian-Israeli QRSAM VL-SRSAM VSHORAD Kusha Prithvi Air Defence / Pradyumna Advanced Air Defence / Ashwin Prithvi Defence Vehicle (PDV) PDV Mk II AD-1 AD-2
Air-to-Air Missiles Astra Mk I Astra Mk II Astra Mk III / Gandiva
Surface-to-Surface and Balastic Missiles Prithvi-I Prithvi-II Prithvi-III Dhanush Agni-I Agni-II Agni-III Agni-IV Agni-V Agni-P K-15 Sagarika K-4 K-5 Shaurya Prahaar Pralay
Cruise Missiles Nirbhay Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM) Submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM) Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LR-LACM) BrahMos – Indian-Russian BrahMos-II – hypersonic missile project ET-LDHCM – hypersonic cruise missile programme
Air-to-Surface Missiles ULPGM family ULPGM-V1 ULPGM-V2 ULPGM-V3 Rudram family Rudram-I Rudram-II Rudram-III LRSoW
Anti-Ship Missiles NASM-SR NASM-MR LR-AShM SMART – missile-assisted torpedo-delivery weapon
Iran Iran maintains one of the world's largest inventories of ballistic and cruise missiles; the section below excludes unguided artillery rockets, anti-tank weapons and complete air-defence systems.
Ballistic and surface-to-surface missiles Ashoura Dezful Emad Fateh-110 Fateh-313 Fateh Mobin Fattah-1 Ghadr-110 Haj Qasem Hormoz-1 Hormoz-2 Khalij Fars Kheibar Shekan Khorramshahr Qiam 1 Raad-500 Samen Sejjil Shahab-1 Shahab-2 Shahab-3 Tondar-69 Zolfaghar
Cruise, anti-ship and air-launched missiles Fattah-2 – hypersonic manoeuvring weapon Fakour-90 – air-to-air missile Ghadir – anti-ship cruise missile Hoveyzeh Jask-2 – submarine-launched cruise missile Kowsar – anti-ship missile Meshkat Nasr-1 Nasr-e Basir Noor Qader Qased Ra'ad Soumar Ya-Ali Zafar Zoobin
Surface-to-air missiles Misagh-1 Misagh-2 Misagh-3 Sayyad-1 Sayyad-2 Sayyad-3 Sayyad-4 Shahin Shalamcheh Taer 2
Iraq Under Saddam Hussein, Iraq developed or modified a series of ballistic missiles, particularly derivatives of the Soviet Scud, and later worked on short-range systems under United Nations range restrictions. Al-Samoud 2 Ababil-100 / Al-Fat'h Al Hussein Al Abbas Badr 2000 – Iraqi designation for the multinational Cóndor II project.
Israel Israel has developed ballistic, cruise, air-defence and anti-ship missiles, among other guided weapons. Arrow – anti-ballistic missile Barak 1 – naval surface-to-air missile Barak 8 – Indian-Israeli surface-to-air missile Barak MX – modular surface-to-air missile system Delilah Derby Gabriel Tamir – Iron Dome interceptor Stunner – David's Sling interceptor Jericho II Jericho III LORA Popeye Python 5 SkySniper Sea Breaker
Italy Italian industry participates in several major European missile programmes. MBDA describes CAMM-ER as a British-Italian development, ASTER as a long-running European programme involving Italy, and the TESEO/OTOMAT family as designed in Italy. Aspide – predecessor surface-to-air missile replaced in Italian service by CAMM-ER-based systems. CAMM-ER – British-Italian extended-range surface-to-air missile. Otomat / TESEO – Italian anti-ship missile family. Aster – Franco-Italian/European surface-to-air and anti-ballistic missile family. Meteor – multinational European air-to-air missile.
Japan Japan completed development and began deploying the Type-25 SSM and Type-25 HVGP in March 2026. AAM-1 AAM-2 – cancelled AAM-3 AAM-4 / AAM-4B AAM-5 / AAM-5B ASM-1 ASM-1C ASM-2 / ASM-2B ASM-3 / ASM-3A Type 81 / SAM-1 Type 91 / SAM-2 Type 93 / SAM-3 Type 03 / SAM-4 Type 11 Type 88 / SSM-1 Type 90 / SSM-1B Type 12 surface-to-ship missile Type 17 / SSM-2 Type-25 SSM Type-25 HVGP SM-3 Block IIA – joint Japanese-American development Type 07 – anti-submarine missile
North Korea North Korea operates a large family of short-, medium-, intermediate- and intercontinental-range ballistic missiles as well as cruise, surface-to-air and anti-ship missiles.
Ballistic missiles Hwasong-5 Hwasong-6 Hwasong-7 Hwasong-9 Hwasong-11 Hwasong-11A / KN-23 Hwasong-11B / KN-24 Hwasong-11C Hwasong-11D Hwasong-11S Hwasong-8 Hwasong-10 Hwasong-12 Hwasong-12B Hwasong-16B Hwasong-13 Hwasong-14 Hwasong-15 Hwasong-17 Hwasong-18 Hwasong-19 Pukguksong-1 Pukguksong-2 Pukguksong-3 Pukguksong-4 Pukguksong-5
Cruise, surface-to-air and anti-ship missiles Hwasal-1 Hwasal-2 Pulhwasal-3-31 Pongae-5 / KN-06 Pyoljji-1-2 Kumsong-3 / KN-19 Padasuri-6
Norway Penguin Naval Strike Missile (NSM) Joint Strike Missile (JSM) 3SM Tyrfing – Norwegian-German anti-ship missile programme; Norway leads the project.
Pakistan Pakistan's missile force is centered on mobile short- and medium-range ballistic missiles and an expanding cruise-missile inventory. Anza Mk 1 / Mk 2 / Mk 3 Hatf-I Nasr / Hatf-IX Abdali / Hatf-II Ghaznavi / Hatf-III Shaheen-I Ghauri I / Hatf-V Ghauri-II Ababeel Shaheen-II Shaheen-III Harbah Babur family / Hatf-VII Ra'ad / Hatf-VIII Ra'ad-II Barq – air-to-surface missile
Poland Grom Piorun – Polish MANPADS developed and produced by MESKO.
Russia Russia operates and develops a wide range of ballistic, cruise, air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles. Legacy missiles designed in the Soviet Union are listed separately below rather than being retroactively attributed to Russia.
Ballistic and hypersonic missiles RT-2PM2 Topol-M RS-24 Yars RS-28 Sarmat RS-26 Rubezh 9M723 Iskander-M Kh-47M2 Kinzhal Avangard Oreshnik – operational IRBM first used in combat in 2024.
Cruise and anti-ship missiles P-800 Oniks 3M-54 Kalibr / Klub 3M14 Kalibr 3M22 Zircon Kh-35 Kh-101 / Kh-102 9M729 BrahMos – Russian-Indian
Air-to-air missiles R-37 R-77
Surface-to-air missiles 9M336 / Verba 40N6 / 48N6 family 77N6 family
South Africa South Africa's Denel Dynamics has developed indigenous air-to-air and surface-to-air guided missiles. The A-Darter was developed by Denel with Brazilian co-funding, while Umkhonto is Denel's vertically launched surface-to-air missile family. A-Darter – South African-Brazilian short-range air-to-air missile. Umkhonto – vertically launched surface-to-air missile family.
South Korea South Korea has developed ballistic and cruise missile families for precision strike as well as indigenous air-defence and anti-ship missiles. Cheolmae-2 / KM-SAM Chiron C-Star L-SAM KAGM Haeseong I Haeseong II Haeseong III Hongsangeo / Red Shark – missile-delivered anti-submarine torpedo NHK-1 / Baekgom NHK-2 / Hyunmoo-1 Hyunmoo-2A Hyunmoo-2B Hyunmoo-2C Hyunmoo-3A Hyunmoo-3B Hyunmoo-3C Hyunmoo-3D Hyunmoo-4 K-SAAM Leaflet Tactical Flag
Soviet Union The Soviet Union developed many of the missile families inherited by the Russian Federation and other successor states. Missiles first developed after 1991 are listed under the relevant successor country. Contemporary U.S./NATO designation records document the principal Soviet surface-to-surface, air-to-air, surface-to-air and anti-ship missile families listed below.
Ballistic missiles R-1 R-2 R-5 R-7 R-11 / Scud-A R-12 R-14 R-16 R-17 / Scud-B R-21 R-27 / Zyb R-29 R-36 R-36M UR-100 UR-100N RT-2 RT-2PM Topol OTR-21 Tochka
Cruise and anti-ship missiles P-5 Pyatyorka P-15 Termit P-35 P-120 Malakhit P-270 Moskit P-500 Bazalt P-700 Granit Kh-20 Kh-22 Kh-23 Kh-25 Kh-28 Kh-29 Kh-31 Kh-55 Kh-59
Air-to-air missiles K-5 K-13 R-23 / R-24 R-27