#air defense missiles
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![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.![Crater after an explosion near Tarnawa-Kolonia in Biłgoraj County, July 30, 2026.]( "Crater after an explosion near Tarnawa-Kolonia in Biłgoraj County, July 30, 2026.")
![S8000 Banderol on a ground-based launcher. (Source: Polkovnik GSH)]( "Why Ground-Launched S8000 Banderol Missile Could Be A New Tactical Threat To Ukraine")
![Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump pose together during a meeting in the Oval Office. (Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy)]( "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump pose together during a meeting in the Oval Office. (Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy)")
