Starship weapons and defense

This is a list of the weaponry and defensive systems employed on Starfleet starships. Also included is some tactical technology attributed to other spacefaring races.

Defensive Systems

• Ablative armour
• Advanced holographic decoy array
• Cloaking device
• High density armour
• Reinforced duranium hull armour
• Reinforced Kelindide armour

Shielding Systems

• Auto-modulating shields
• EM dispersal unit
• High capacity shielding system
• Light shielding system
• Fighter shielding system
• Metaphasic shielding
• Regenerative shielding
• Cardassian regenerative shielding
• Shielding technology
• Standard shielding system
• Phased Grid Array (TME)
• Arc Grid Array (AU)
• Cruiser Shielding System (Klingon)
• Light Cruiser Shielding System (Klingon)
• Scouting Shielding System (Klingon)
• Heavy Shielding System (Cardassian)
• Standard shielding system (Cardassian)

Phasers

• Phaser technology
• Type IV Phaser Array
• Type V Phaser Array
• Type VI Phaser Array
• Type VII Phaser Array
• Type VIII Phaser Array
• Type IX Phaser Array
• Type X Phaser Array
• Type XII Phaser Array
• Type U Pulse Phaser Cannon
• Type U+ Pulse Phaser Cannon
• Class 1 Phaser Array (Klingon)
• Class 2 Phaser Array (Klingon)
• System 1 beam cannon (Cardassian)

Disrupters

• Disrupters
• P Type disrupter
• T Type disrupter
• Type 5 Disrupter
• Type 8 Disrupter
• Type 9 Disrupter
• Type 10 Rotatory Disrupter
• Type 10 Disrupter
• Type 11 Heavy Disrupter
• System 5 disrupter
• System 4 disrupter
• System 3 disrupter
• System 2 disrupter
• Spiral wave banks

Torpedo Launchers

• Bolt-on torpedo cannon
• Burst-fire torpedo launcher
• Photon torpedo launcher
• Pulse-fire torpedo launcher
• Rapid-fire quantum torpedo turret
• Standard torpedo launcher (AU)
• Heavy torpedo launcher (AU)
• Stream-fire torpedo launcher (Romulan)
• Class 2 Torpedo Launcher
• Class 4 Torpedo Launcher
• Class 5 Torpedo Launcher
• Brinok type Torpedo Launcher
• Galor type torpedo launcher
• Keldon type torpedo launcher

Torpedoes

• Photon torpedo
• Polaron torpedo
• Plasma torpedo
• Quantum torpedo
• Tri-cobalt torpedo

External Defensive Systems

• Guardian class Orbital Defense Platform
• Kimeki class Orbital Defense Platform
• Point Defense Battery

Micro-Torpedoes

• Micro-photon torpedo
• Micro-quantum torpedo
• Micro-torpedo launcher
• Torpedo cases in wings

Other Tactical Systems

• Photonic missile
• Photonic missile launcher
• Retractable weapons pod
• System 2 plasma cannon