At least 22 killed, 90+ injured; record use of ballistic missiles against the capital, with Zelenskyy cutting short his Ireland visit and Poland scrambling jets

74 missiles and 496 drones in an 11-hour overnight attack; 25 killed as the death toll climbed through rescue operations; Ukraine retaliated on Russia's 4th-largest oil refinery while Fedorov wrote to 40 countries for Patriot interceptors

A tracker of the hardware, procurement choices and geopolitical tripwires behind layered systems defending airspace from ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones.

Israel's short-range mobile air-defence system, developed with Raytheon, that has logged more than 10,000 combat intercepts and now drives global interceptor-production demand.

The US Army's primary air and missile defense system, deployed across 18 nations and central to allied deterrence after the 2026 Iran war exposed interceptor stock limits.

Iran's HESA-designed kamikaze drone, rebranded Geran-2 by Russia, is the defining attrition weapon of the Ukraine war and the most proliferated loitering munition beyond the US and China.

The US fired well over 100 THAAD interceptors in the Iran war, draining up to a third of a costly, slow-to-replace arsenal

After 500+ Iranian ballistic missiles, Tamir interceptor production shifts partly to a US plant supplying both armies

Space Force picks 12 firms for space-based interceptors as estimates swing from $175B to $3.6T

SM-6 funding leaps to over $8.5B and a terminated SM-3 line is restored, but full depth won't return before 2028

Operation Epic Fury burned through PAC-3 missiles faster than two years of production can replace

Modi addressed the Knesset in February 2026 and signed $8.6B in deals covering Rampage missiles, Air LORA ballistics and SPICE kits; Army MRSAM intercepted a Pakistani Fatah-2 over Sirsa during Operation Sindoor; Adani's Negev LMG line shipped its first batch in April 2026; Iron Dome was not on the table

Akash-NG extended to 50km range passed final user evaluation on December 23 2025; Pralay demonstrated salvo-launch capability from Abdul Kalam Island on December 31 2025; initial squadrons of both systems are on the mid-2026 induction queue