A cobra is any of several species of snake usually belonging to the family Elapidae.
Cobra or COBRA may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Fictional entities Cobra (G.I. Joe), the enemy faction in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy line and its related media Cobra (Marvel Comics), various Marvel Comics characters Cobra Unit, in the video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Professor Cobra, a villain and member of the Martian Empire in the third season of Yu-Gi-Oh GX Cobra, a fictional engineered virus in Richard Preston's novel The Cobra Event Cobra MkIV, a heavier multipurpose ship from the Elite Dangerous universe Cobra, a supervillain and assassin in the comic book series Haunt Cobra Bubbles, a social worker and former CIA agent from Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise
Film and television Cobra (1925 film), an American silent film Cobra (1986 film), an American action film Cobra (1991 film), a Pakistani film Cobra (2012 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film Cobra (2022 film), an Indian Tamil-language film The Cobra (film), a 1967 Italian film Cobra (American TV series), a 1993–1994 American action television series COBRA (British TV series), a 2020–2023 British political thriller television series Cobra Video, an American gay pornographic studio Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie or Cobra, based on the manga of the same name Cobra Kai a 2018–2025 a Netflix Series
Literature Cobra, a 1972 novel by Cuban author Severo Sarduy Cobra (manga), 1978, by Buichi Terasawa COBRA (Timothy Zahn novel series), a novel series by Timothy Zahn and the first (1985) novel in the series The Cobra (novel), a 2010 thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth
Music Cobra (American band), a 1980s hard rock band Cobra (Chinese band), a Chinese all-female rock band Cobra (Japanese band), a Japanese punk band The Cobras, an American band in the late 1970s which featured Stevie Ray Vaughan Cobra (album), 1987, by John Zorn Cobra (soundtrack), by A. R. Rahman for the 2022 Indian film Cobra (Zorn), a musical composition by John Zorn "C.O.B.R.A.", a song by Marie-Mai "Cobra" (Megan Thee Stallion song), 2023 "Cobra", a 2004 song by the band Winnebago Deal "Cobra", a song by Geese from the 2025 album Getting Killed "Cobra" (composition), a 2011 instrumental composition by Hardwell Cobra Records, an independent record label (1956–1959)
Roller coasters Cobra (La Ronde), Canada Cobra (Tivoli Friheden), Denmark Raven (Paultons Park), originally under the name Cobra, Hampshire, England Cobra (PowerPark), Finland Cobra, a roller coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, California, US
Other arts and entertainment COBRA (art movement), active from 1948 to 1951
Government and police Coastal Barrier Resources Act, a U.S. act of 1982 Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms, the UK government's crisis response committees Cobras (Serbia), a Serbian military police unit Commando Battalion for Resolute Action, an Indian paramilitary unit Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, a US federal statute, or health insurance provided under the act EKO Cobra, an Austrian counter-terror police squad Zulaiê Cobra (born 1943), Brazilian politician
Places Cobra Station, a sheep station in Western Australia Ilha das Cobras, an island in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Products and companies Cobra Beer, produced in the UK Cobra Golf, a brand of golf clubs and outdoor equipment The Cobra Group, a marketing company Cobra Energy Drink, an energy drink produced by Philippines-based Asia Brewery
Science and technology Vehicles Automobiles AC Cobra, a British sports car built in the 1960s, known in the US as Ford/Shelby Cobra Ford Falcon Cobra, a limited edition of the Ford Falcon Ford Mustang SVT Cobra, a sports car built by Ford between 1993 and 2004 Ford Shelby Cobra Concept, a 2004 Ford concept car based on the 1960s Cobra Cobra, a 1960s Ford Shelby Mustang variant Torino Cobra, a 1968–1971 model of the Ford Torino
Military COBRA (radar), a counter-battery radar system Cobra BMT-2 APC, an Iranian armored personnel carrier ACEC Cobra, a Belgian Army armored personnel carrier Bell AH-1 Cobra, a US Army attack helicopter Controller Operated Battle Ready Armament, a Philippine remote controlled weapon station HMS Cobra (1899), a British Royal Navy destroyer Otokar Cobra, a Turkish light armoured vehicle Northrop YF-17, a fighter aircraft prototype nicknamed Cobra , a US Navy patrol boat
Other vehicles Bombardier Cobra, in Zürich, Switzerland Evektor VUT100 Cobra, a Czech light aircraft SZD-36 Cobra 15, a type of sailplane built in Poland in the 1970s
Weapons Cobra (missile), a Swiss/German anti-tank missile Colt Cobra, a line of small-caliber revolvers
Other science and technology Cobra (programming language), a computer programming language Cobra ciphers, a series of block ciphers in cryptography COBRA rocket engine, proposed by Pratt & Whitney-Aerojet for the US Space Launch Initiative CobraNet, a proprietary system for transmitting digital audio over Ethernet COBRAcable, a submarine power cable under construction between the Netherlands and Denmark Combined bisulfite restriction analysis, a molecular biology technique Ericofon, or Cobra Phone, a landmark of 20th century industrial design Novell "Cobra", codename for Novell NetWare 5.1 CoBra, an automobile engine made by Crosley Cobra, a ZX Spectrum clone built in Braşov, Romania; see List of ZX Spectrum clones Cobra, a processor in the IBM RS64 line of CPUs COBRA Experiment, neutrinoless double beta decay expriment
Sport Teams and clubs Adelaide Cobras FC, an Australian soccer club Bangkok Cobras, an Asean Basketball League team Cape Cobras, a cricket team based in Cape Town, South Africa Carolina Cobras, a former Arena Football team (2000–2004) Charlotte Cobras, a Major Indoor Lacrosse League team in 1996 Chicago Cobras, a former American women's soccer club (2003–2004) Cleveland Cobras, an American soccer club Cobra Sport, a South Sudanese basketball team Cobras de Ciudad Juárez, a Mexican football club COBRA Rugby Club of Malaysia Lapua Cobras, a Finnish basketball team Nordsjælland Cobras, a Danish ice hockey team SWU Cobras, the sports teams of Southwestern University of Cebu City, Philippines Terrebonne Cobras, a Canadian Junior ice hockey team Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men, former Basketball Team in PBA D-League
People Jeff Farmer (wrestler) (born 1962), American professional wrestler Carl Froch (born 1977), boxing world champion Jelle Klaasen (born 1984), Dutch darts player Juan José Muñante (1948–2019), soccer player Dave Parker (born 1951), former Major League Baseball player Gary Simmons (ice hockey) (born 1944), NHL goaltender George Takano (born 1958), Japanese professional wrestler Mad Cobra (born 1968), or simply Cobra, stage name of Jamaican musician Ewart Everton Brown Michael Willson, a.k.a. Cobra, from the TV show Gladiators
Other sport and fitness Bhujangasana, a yoga posture known as Cobra Pose The Cobra, a wrestling move used by Santino Marella (born 1979)
Other uses Cobra: Game of the Normandy Breakout, a 1977 board wargame about the Battle of Normandy during World War II COBRA (consumer theory) (consumer's online brand related activities) Cobra maneuver, an aerobatics maneuver Operation Cobra, a 1944 World War II battle Robert Hatem (b. c. 1956), Lebanese former bodyguard and non-fiction writer also known by his codename, Cobra Typhoon Cobra, a Pacific storm
See also Kobra (disambiguation) Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), a computer communications standard