Russia has publicly revealed a new generation of relatively small, air-launched stand-off weapons featuring stealthy designs at the September 8-10, 2026, El Alamein International Airshow in Egypt. The new generation of weapons, developed by Russian aerospace and defence major PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) for the Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter family, includes systems that have reportedly been used in the war against Ukraine. While these new missiles and munitions may not employ the cutting-edge technologies found in some Western weapons, such as the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) used by the US Air Force, they are considerably cheaper and could potentially be fired in large numbers to overwhelm air-defence systems.
The weapons, which fill the gap between the expensive and sophisticated cruise and ballistic missiles at one end of the spectrum and inexpensive armed drones at the other, include the S-71M Monokhrom, S-71K Kovyor, S8000 Banderol and a small unidentified munition.
