# Cobra (disambiguation)

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

### Literature

* Cobra, a 1972 novel by Cuban author Severo Sarduy
* Cobra (manga), a 1978 manga 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), a 1987 album 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" (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
* Cobra, a Gerstlauer Bobsled Coaster at Paultons Park, Hampshire, England
* Cobra (PowerPark), Finland
* Cobra, a roller coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, California, United States

### 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, used by UK government crisis response committees for meetings
* 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
* HMS Cobra (1899), a British Royal Navy destroyer
* Otokar Cobra, a Turkish light armoured vehicle
* Northrop YF-17, a fighter aircraft prototype nicknamed Cobra
* USS Cobra (SP-626), 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

## 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

### 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
* Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), a computer communications standard
* 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