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This dimension sorts weapon systems by their basic class, a firearm, a tank, a missile or a biological weapon. Wikipedia notes that weapons range "from simple implements such as clubs and swords to complicated modern firearms, tanks, missiles and biological weapons." Browsing by weapon class keeps weapon systems of the same kind grouped together.

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Comparison

Era of Emergence

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Weapon Type or Class

Active radar homing air-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Air defense missile interception system

Weapon Type or Class

Airborne Laser (ABL) anti-ballistic missile weapons system

Weapon Type or Class

air-launched anti-ship cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

Air-launched ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Air-launched ballistic missile with hypersonic glide vehicle

Weapon Type or Class

Air-launched cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

Air-launched decoy cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

Air-launched precision-guided weapon family

Weapon Type or Class

Air-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Air-to-ground guided missile

Weapon Type or Class

Air-to-ground missile

Weapon Type or Class

Air-to-ground rocket

Weapon Type or Class

Air-to-ground strategic cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

Air-to-surface anti-tank guided missile

Weapon Type or Class

Air-to-surface conventional bomb

Weapon Type or Class

Air-to-surface hypersonic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Air-to-surface missile

Weapon Type or Class

air-to-surface tactical missile

Weapon Type or Class

All-weather, over-the-horizon anti-ship missile

Weapon Type or Class

Anti-aircraft and anti-missile missile

Weapon Type or Class

Anti-ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

anti-ballistic missile system

Weapon Type or Class

anti-radiation loitering munition

Weapon Type or Class

Anti-radiation missile

Weapon Type or Class

Anti-satellite missile

Weapon Type or Class

Anti-ship and coastal defence missile

Weapon Type or Class

Anti-ship cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

Anti-ship glide bomb

Weapon Type or Class

Anti-ship missile

Weapon Type or Class

Anti-submarine missile

Weapon Type or Class

anti-submarine missile system

Weapon Type or Class

Atomic bomb

Weapon Type or Class

Ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Ballistic missile family

Weapon Type or Class

Ballistic missile submarine

Weapon Type or Class

Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Cluster glide bomb

Weapon Type or Class

Command-guided anti-tank missile

Weapon Type or Class

Cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

Cruise missile programme

Weapon Type or Class

Earthquake bomb

Weapon Type or Class

Exoatmospheric anti-ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Flying bomb

Weapon Type or Class

Glide bomb

Weapon Type or Class

Glide bomb guidance kit

Weapon Type or Class

Ground-launched cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

Ground-launched guided glide bomb

Weapon Type or Class

Guided air-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

guided bomb

Weapon Type or Class

guided glide bomb

Weapon Type or Class

guided missile

Weapon Type or Class

Guided surface-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

guided-missile cruiser

Weapon Type or Class

guided-missile destroyer

Weapon Type or Class

Guided-missile frigate

Weapon Type or Class

High-altitude surface-to-air missile system

Weapon Type or Class

Hypersonic anti-ship aeroballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

Hypersonic anti-ship missile

Weapon Type or Class

Hypersonic cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

Hypersonic glide vehicle

Weapon Type or Class

Imaging infrared homing air-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Infrared-guided air-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Infrared-homing air-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Intercontinental ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)

Weapon Type or Class

Intercontinental ballistic missile system

Weapon Type or Class

Intermediate-range ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Kinetic anti-ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Kinetic-energy anti-tank missile

Weapon Type or Class

Land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

Weapon Type or Class

Large-yield bomb

Weapon Type or Class

Laser guidance kit for unguided rockets

Weapon Type or Class

Loitering munition

Weapon Type or Class

Long-range air-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Long-range semi-active radar homing surface-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Long-range surface-to-air and anti-ballistic missile system

Weapon Type or Class

long-range surface-to-air missile system

Weapon Type or Class

Low-cost cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

Man-portable air-defense system

Weapon Type or Class

Man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS)

Weapon Type or Class

Man-portable loitering munition

Weapon Type or Class

Man-portable surface-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Man-portable surface-to-air missile (MANPADS)

Weapon Type or Class

Man-portable/Vehicle-mounted surface-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Medium range surface-to-air missile system

Weapon Type or Class

Medium-range ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM)

Weapon Type or Class

Medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile system

Weapon Type or Class

Medium-range surface-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system

Weapon Type or Class

Medium-range surface-to-air missile system

Weapon Type or Class

missile

Weapon Type or Class

Missile rail launcher

Weapon Type or Class

mobile all-weather air defense system

Weapon Type or Class

Mobile anti-ballistic missile system

Weapon Type or Class

Mobile low-to-medium altitude surface-to-air missile system

Weapon Type or Class

mobile short-range ballistic missile system

Weapon Type or Class

Mobile short-range surface-to-air missile system

Weapon Type or Class

Mobile surface-to-air missile system

Weapon Type or Class

Mobile theater ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Naval medium-range surface-to-air missile system

Weapon Type or Class

Naval surface-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Nuclear air-to-surface missile

Weapon Type or Class

nuclear warhead

Weapon Type or Class

Nuclear weapon

Weapon Type or Class

Nuclear weapon (fission bomb)

Weapon Type or Class

Nuclear-armed air-launched cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

Nuclear-armed anti-submarine missile

Weapon Type or Class

Nuclear-armed hypersonic cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

nuclear-capable hypersonic anti-ship and land-attack missile

Weapon Type or Class

nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN)

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nuclear-powered cruise missile

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nuclear-powered guided-missile battlecruiser (heavy cruiser)

Weapon Type or Class

One-way attack drone (loitering munition)

Weapon Type or Class

Precision guided munition

Weapon Type or Class

Precision-guided munition guidance kit

Weapon Type or Class

Road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Sea-skimming anti-ship cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

Sea-skimming anti-ship missile

Weapon Type or Class

Shipboard point-defense surface-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Ship-borne anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapon system

Weapon Type or Class

Shipborne guided missile family

Weapon Type or Class

Ship-launched anti-submarine missile

Weapon Type or Class

Short range infrared homing air-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Short-range air defense missile

Weapon Type or Class

Short-range air-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Short-range ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Short-range ballistic missile system

Weapon Type or Class

Short-range ballistic missile system (in development)

Weapon Type or Class

Short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Short-range surface-to-air missile system

Weapon Type or Class

Shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile (MANPADS)

Weapon Type or Class

Submarine-launched ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)

Weapon Type or Class

Supersonic air-launched cruise missile

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Supersonic air-launched missile family

Weapon Type or Class

Supersonic anti-ship missile

Weapon Type or Class

Supersonic cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

Surface-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Surface-to-air missile system

Weapon Type or Class

Surface-to-air/anti-ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Surface-to-surface ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Surface-to-surface cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

Surface-to-surface rocket

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Tactical and strategic nuclear weapon

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Tactical ballistic missile

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Tank-launched anti-tank guided missile

Weapon Type or Class

Television-guided glide bomb

Weapon Type or Class

Theater ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

thermonuclear bomb

Weapon Type or Class

thermonuclear warhead

Weapon Type or Class

Thermonuclear weapon (staged fission-fusion nuclear device)

Weapon Type or Class

Turbojet drone missile

Weapon Type or Class

Unguided aircraft rocket

Weapon Type or Class

unguided ballistic artillery rocket

Weapon Type or Class

Unguided rocket

Weapon Type or Class

Unpowered glide weapon

Weapon Type or Class

Vehicle-mounted anti-tank missile

Weapon Type or Class

Very long range air-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Wire-guided anti-tank missile

Weapon Type or Class

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Missile

WikipediaMissile, History section

Quote, Missile, History section

the first missiles to be used operationally were a series of rocket based missiles developed by Nazi Germany during World War II including the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket which used mechanical autopilot to keep the missile flying along a pre-chosen route.

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