Cobra (disambiguation)

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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 Command, 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

Film and television

• Cobra (1925 film), starring Rudolph Valentino and Nita Naldi
• Cobra (1986 film), starring Sylvester Stallone
• Cobra (1991 film), Pakistani film
• Cobra (2012 film), starring Mammootty
• Cobra (2014 film), Indian film
• The Cobra (film), starring Dana Andrews
• Cobra (TV series), starring Michael Dudikoff
• Cobra Video, an American company producer of gay pornographic films
• Cobra, or Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie, based on the manga of the same name

Literature

• COBRA (action-adventure novels), by Joseph R. Rosenberger
• COBRA (science fiction novels), by Timothy Zahn
• Cobra (manga), a manga by Buichi Terasawa
• The Cobra (novel), by Frederick Forsyth

Music

• Cobra Records, an independent record label (1956-1959)
• Cobra (Japanese band), a Japanese punk band
• Cobra (Chinese band), a Chinese all-female rock band
• Mad Cobra, or simply Cobra (born 1968), stage name of Jamaican musician Ewart Everton Brown
• "Cobra", a 2004 song by the band Winnebago Deal
• Cobra (Zorn), a musical composition by John Zorn
• "C.O.B.R.A." (Marie-Mai song)
• The Cobras, a local Austin band in the late 1970s which featured Stevie Ray Vaughan
• "Cobra", a song by Hardwell

Roller coasters

• Cobra (La Ronde), Canada
• Cobra, a roller coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, California
• Cobra (Tivoli Friheden), Denmark
• Cobra (PowerPark), Finland
• Cobra (Paultons Park), England

Other uses in arts and entertainment

• COBRA (avant-garde movement), active from 1948 to 1951

Government and police

• Coastal Barrier Resources Act, a U.S. act of 1982
• Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, a United States federal statute, or health insurance provided under the act
• Cabinet Office Briefing Room, used by a UK government crisis response committee
• Commando Battalion for Resolute Action, an Indian paramilitary unit
• EKO Cobra, an Austrian counter-terror police squad

Places

• Cobra Station, a sheep station in Western Australia
• Ilha das Cobras, one of the islands 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
• Cobra, a 1960s Ford Shelby Mustang variant
• Ford Mustang SVT Cobra, a sports car built by Ford since 1993
• Ford Falcon Cobra, a limited edition of the Ford Falcon
• Ford Shelby Cobra Concept, a 2004 Ford concept car based on the 1960s Cobra
• Torino Cobra, a 1968–1971 model of the Ford Torino

Military vehicles

• HMS Cobra (1899), a British Royal Navy destroyer
• USS Cobra (SP-626), a U.S. Navy patrol boat
• ACEC Cobra, a Belgian Army armored personnel carrier
• Bell AH-1 Cobra, a U.S. Army attack helicopter
• Cobra BMT-2 APC, an Iranian armored personnel carrier
• Otokar Cobra, a Turkish light armoured vehicle
• Cobra, nickname for the Northrop YF-17 fighter aircraft prototype, later redesigned as the F/A-18 Hornet

Other vehicles

• Cobra (tram), in Zürich, Switzerland
• Evektor VUT100 Cobra, a Czech light aircraft

Weapons

• Cobra (missile), a Swiss/German anti-tank missile
• Colt Cobra, a line of small-caliber revolvers
• COBRA primary, the primary fission stage of early US nuclear bombs

Other uses in science and technology

• Cobra (programming language), a computer programming language
• Combined bisulfite restriction analysis, a molecular biology technique
• COBRA rocket engine, proposed by Pratt & Whitney-Aerojet for the US Space Launch Initiative
• Ericofon, or Cobra Phone, a landmark of 20th century industrial design
• COBRA, or counter-battery radar
• CoBra, an automobile engine made by Crosley
• CobraNet, a proprietary system for transmitting digital audio over Ethernet
• COBRAcable, a planned submarine power cable between the Netherlands and Denmark

Sports and fitness

Teams/clubs

• Adelaide Cobras FC, an Australian soccer club
• Cape Cobras, a cricket team based in Cape Town, South Africa
• Bangkok Cobras, an Asean Basketball League team
• 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
• Cobras de Ciudad Juárez, a Mexican football club
• COBRA Rugby Club of Malaysia
• Nordsjælland Cobras, a Danish ice hockey team
• Terrebonne Cobras, a Canadian Junior ice hockey team

People

• Jeff Farmer (wrestler) (born 1962), an American professional wrestler with the ring name Cobra
• Carl Froch (born 1977), a boxing world champion nicknamed The Cobra
• Juan José Muñante (born 1948), soccer player known as The Cobra
• Dave Parker (born 1951), former Major League Baseball player known as The Cobra
• George Takano (born 1958), Japanese professional wrestler known as The Cobra

Other uses in sport and fitness

• Bhujangasana, a yoga posture known as Cobra Pose
• The Cobra, a wrestling move used by Santino Marella (born 1979)

Other uses

• Operation Cobra, a 1944 World War II battle
• Pugachev's Cobra, an aerobatics manoeuvre
• Typhoon Cobra (1944), a Pacific storm

See also

• Cobra effect, a phenomenon in economics
• Cobra roll, a roller coaster inversion
• CORBA, a computer communications standard
• All pages beginning with "Cobra"
• All pages with titles containing Cobra