Tracking the forces, fleets and equipment of 162 countries through open-source intelligence.
Guatemala's army formally took delivery on 21 September 2026 of a first lot of more than 2,000 US-made M4A1 carbines at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, the opening tranche of a US$5 million Foreign Military Sales order for a new jungle brigade in Petén.
Naval Group's modular Rampart close-in weapon system was spotted aboard a French Navy Mistral-class amphibious assault ship in Toulon, according to reports of September 22, 2026, ahead of a first at-sea firing campaign scheduled for October during the counter-drone exercise WildFire.
Sixty years after the Vought A-7 Corsair II prototype first flew on September 26, 1965, the single-engine light attack aircraft that served US carrier decks from the Vietnam War to the 1991 Gulf War marks its anniversary this week.
Hawk T2
Crash
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Crashed near Pencarnisiog shortly after take-off from RAF Valley; both crew ejected with minor injuries.
KF-21
Delivered
🇰🇷 South Korea · First production KF-21 flown from KAI Sacheon to Yecheon and handed to the 156th Fighter Squadron, 16th Fighter Wing.
F-16C
Crash
🇺🇸 United States · Crashed on approach to Spangdahlem AB, Germany, during training; pilot ejected safely.
F-35A
Delivered
🇩🇪 Germany · First F-35A handed over at Fort Worth; jet stays in the US for Luftwaffe aircrew training.
2× F-35A
Delivered
🇫🇮 Finland · The first two F-35As delivered to Finnish soil landed at the Lapland Air Wing in Rovaniemi.
| # | Country | ATLAS Index (Aggregate Total of Land, Air and Sea strength) | Aircraft | Warships | Active Troops | Defense Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 🇺🇸United States | 100.0 | 13,132 | 549 | 1,326,050 | $920B |
| 02 | 🇨🇳China | 90.1 | 6,014 | 1,032 | 2,035,000 | $281B |
| 03 | 🇷🇺Russia | 82.8 | 5,345 | 548 | 1,100,000 | $152B |
| 04 | 🇮🇳India | 69.9 | 2,337 | 366 | 1,475,750 | $78B |
| 05 | 🇰🇷South Korea | 60.1 | 1,566 | 164 | 500,000 | $43B |
| 06 | 🇫🇷France | 56.4 | 994 | 178 | 270,000 | $66B |
| 07 | 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 52.5 | 679 | 166 | 144,400 | $88B |
| 08 | 🇯🇵Japan | 51.9 | 1,300 | 177 | 247,000 | $56B |
| 09 | 🇵🇰Pakistan | 51.4 | 1,518 | 147 | 660,000 | $9.3B |
| 10 | 🇹🇷Turkey | 51.1 | 1,343 | 220 | 355,200 | $31B |
| 11 | 🇮🇱Israel | 49.3 | 599 | 55 | 169,500 | $43B |
| 12 | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | 49.1 | 917 | 76 | 257,000 | $88B |
| 13 | 🇩🇪Germany | 47.8 | 682 | 95 | 183,500 | $112B |
| 14 | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 47.1 | 353 | 175 | 1,000,000 | $84B |
| 15 | 🇹🇼Taiwan | 47.0 | 715 | 104 | 169,000 | $18B |