Air-defense systems with the heaviest warhead
29 of the 83 air-defense systems in the WeaponSpecs database publish a warhead figure, and the top 25 are listed here. Ranked on the published number alone, highest first, with no weighting and no composite score. The 54 air-defense systems with no published figure are not ranked, absent data is never treated as a low value.
| # | System | Warhead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S-400 Triumf † | 180 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-01 |
| 2 | HQ-9 † | 180 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 3 | S-300PMU2 Favorit † | 150 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 4 | S-300V4 † | 150 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 5 | Arrow 2 | 135 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 6 | Patriot GEM-T | 91 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 7 | Patriot PAC-2 | 91 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 8 | Patriot PAC-3 | 74 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-01 |
| 9 | Buk-M2 † | 70 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 10 | HQ-16 † | 70 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 11 | Buk-M3 † | 62 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 12 | Barak 8 | 60 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 13 | S-350 Vityaz † | 24 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 14 | SPYDER | 23 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 15 | Pantsir-S1 † | 20 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 16 | Pantsir-SM † | 20 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 17 | NASAMS | 18 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-01 |
| 18 | SAMP/T (Aster 30) | 15 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-01 |
| 19 | 9K33 Osa † | 15 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 20 | Tor-M2 † | 15 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 21 | HQ-7 † | 15 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 22 | Crotale NG | 13 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-04 |
| 23 | VL MICA | 12 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
| 24 | IRIS-T SLM | 11 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-01 |
| 25 | Iron Dome | 11 kg | reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02 |
Compiled from public manufacturer, defense-ministry and reference sources. Published defense figures are approximations and are often stated under different conditions, so treat this ordering as directional rather than a tested result. A board is only generated where at least 5 systems in the class publish the figure. How we compile specs →
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