Drone Database
29 classified drone types
Small Loitering Munition
Loitering MunitionCompact, man-portable loitering munition that can search for and engage targets autonomously or with operator guidance. Combines drone ISR with precision strike in a single system. Launched from a tube, loiters until target identified, then dives to attack.
Large Loitering Munition
Loitering MunitionLong-range, large-warhead loitering munition designed for strategic strike. Navigates via GPS/INS to pre-programmed targets over hundreds or thousands of kilometers. Designed for saturation attacks to overwhelm air defenses. Essentially a low-cost cruise missile alternative.
Winged Glide Munition
Loitering MunitionStandoff glide bomb fitted with pop-out wings, GPS/INS guidance and a satellite-corrected autopilot. Released from a manned aircraft well outside short-range air defense, it glides 40–80 km onto fixed targets. Cheap upgrade kits convert legacy unguided bombs into precision standoff weapons, dominating Russian frontline strike since 2023.
One-Way Attack Cruise Drone
Loitering MunitionLong-range, propeller-driven, one-way attack drone designed for pre-programmed strikes against fixed strategic targets — power grids, ports, airfields, refineries. Distinct from loitering munitions: it does not loiter or hunt. It flies a pre-planned route on GPS + inertial guidance and detonates a heavy warhead on impact. The dominant deep-strike asset of the Russia–Ukraine war and the Houthi campaign in the Red Sea.