#air defense missiles
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![PrSM missiles in a transport and launch container. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)]( "US Long-Range Missile Stockpiles Running Low After Months of War With Iran")
![A test launch of Fire Point’s FP-7.X missile, which serves as the foundational effector for Ukraine’s FREYJA anti-ballistic interceptor. (Source: Fire Point)]( "A test launch of Fire Point’s FP-7.X missile, which serves as the foundational effector for Ukraine’s FREYJA anti-ballistic interceptor. (Source: Fire Point)")
![Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to ambassadors regarding the FREYJA joint anti-ballistic missile shield. (Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy)]( "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to ambassadors regarding the FREYJA joint anti-ballistic missile shield. (Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy)")
![The Japan Air Self-Defense Force conducts a drill for the deployment of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 surface-to-air missile interceptors at a parking lot in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. (Source: Getty Images)]( "The Japan Air Self-Defense Force conducts a drill for the deployment of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 surface-to-air missile interceptors at a parking lot in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Black smoke rises into the sky after Russian drone strikes in Kyiv. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia Launches 126 Ballistic Missiles in July Marking Highest Monthly Surge of the Year")
![F-16 planes during the Armed Forces Day parade in Warsaw, Poland, on August 15, 2024.]( "F-16 planes during the Armed Forces Day parade in Warsaw, Poland, on August 15, 2024.")
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- War in Ukraine
Poland had F-16 fighters and an airborne early-warning aircraft already in the sky during Russia’s latest mass attack on Ukraine. Yet a likely Kh-101 cruise missile still traveled nearly 100 kilometers—about 62 miles—through NATO airspace before exploding in a field and leaving a 10-meter crater.
