Systems for deep strike
Deep strike puts precision ordnance on high-value, well-defended targets far behind the front line. The numbers that decide feasibility are stand-off range (so the launch platform stays outside the target's air-defense envelope), guidance accuracy, and warhead effect. A longer engagement range is only useful if the guidance package can still hit the aim point at that distance.
15 matching systems in our database.
What matters for deep strike
- ●Range: stand-off distance that keeps the launch platform outside enemy air-defense engagement rings.
- ●Guidance: GPS/INS, terminal radar or optical guidance determines accuracy against a defended, possibly relocatable target.
- ●Warhead mass and type: destructive effect required against hardened or high-value targets.
- ●Datalink: mid-course updates and retargeting for time-sensitive or moving targets.
Deep Strike systems in our database
L Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Lockheed Martin
F-22A Raptor
Max speed 2,410 km/h
Range 2,960 km
Payload 2,270 kg
D Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Dassault Aviation
Rafale F4
Max speed 1,912 km/h
Range 3,700 km
Payload 9,500 kg
L Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Lockheed Martin
F-35A Lightning II
Max speed 1,960 km/h
Range 2,800 km
Payload 8,160 kg
B Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Boeing
F-15EX Eagle II
Max speed 2,660 km/h
Range 3,900 km
Payload 13,380 kg
B Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Boeing
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
Max speed 1,915 km/h
Range 2,346 km
Payload 8,050 kg
S Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Sukhoi
Su-57
Max speed 2,440 km/h
Range 3,500 km
Payload 10,000 kg
S Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Sukhoi
Su-35S
Max speed 2,500 km/h
Range 3,600 km
Payload 8,000 kg
A Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
AVIC (Aviation Industry Corporation of China)
J-20
Max speed 2,100 km/h
Range 3,400 km
Payload 11,000 kg
G UAV / drone
UAV / drone
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
MQ-9A Reaper
Max speed 480 km/h
Range 1,850 km
Payload 1,700 kg
B UAV / drone
UAV / drone
Baykar
Bayraktar Akinci
Max speed 361 km/h
Range 300 km
Payload 1,350 kg
H UAV / drone
UAV / drone
HESA (Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company)
Shahed-136
Max speed 185 km/h
Range 2,500 km
Weight 200 kg
L Missile
Missile
Lockheed Martin
MGM-140 ATACMS
Range 300 km
Weight 1,673 kg
B Missile
Missile
BrahMos Aerospace
BrahMos
Range 450 km
Weight 2,500 kg
M Missile
Missile
MBDA
Storm Shadow
Range 560 km
Weight 1,300 kg
R Missile
Missile
Raytheon (RTX)
Tomahawk Block V
Range 1,600 km
Weight 1,450 kg
Frequently asked questions
- What matters most for a deep-strike weapon: range or accuracy?
- Both, but accuracy is the harder constraint. A long-range weapon that misses by tens of meters is useless against a hardened point target, so guidance type is usually the deciding spec once minimum stand-off range is met.
- Why do deep-strike weapons need a datalink?
- A datalink allows mid-course retargeting if the target moves or new intelligence arrives after launch, which matters most against mobile or time-sensitive high-value targets rather than fixed infrastructure.