Rafale Versions and Standards Explained
How the Rafale C, B and M versions differ, what each standard from F1 to F5 added, and why one airframe moves through several standards over its life.
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Ramjet vs Rocket: How the Meteor Keeps Thrusting to the Target While the AMRAAM Coasts
The Pentagon's AMRAAM contract of up to $20.7 billion, announced on September 28, 2026, expands output of a missile whose rocket burns early and then coasts; Europe's Meteor uses a throttleable ramjet that MBDA says thrusts until intercept.
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Pentagon Awards Raytheon Up to $20.7 Billion to Nearly Double AMRAAM Production
The Pentagon on 28 September announced a five-year AIM-120 AMRAAM production contract with RTX's Raytheon business worth up to $20.7 billion, an undefinitized award that Reuters described as provisional because Congress has not yet funded the full deal.
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SEP 292026
Tu-95
Crash
๐ท๐บ Russia ยท Crashed near Krasnoyarovo, Amur region, on a training flight from Ukrainka AB; six of seven crew killed, one hospitalised.
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SEP 292026
22ร F-15EX
Ordered
๐บ๐ธ United States ยท Lot 7 contract for 22 F-15EX awarded to Boeing for $2.38 billion, bringing USAF F-15EX orders to 120.
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SEP 282026
2ร Hurkus B
Delivered
๐น๐ท Turkey ยท First two Hรผrkuล-II basic trainers handed over at TUSAล Kahramankazan; 10 more due by end-2026, all 55 by 2028.
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SEP 252026
C-390
Delivered
๐บ๐ฟ Uzbekistan ยท First C-390 Millennium handed over at Gaviรฃo Peixoto; Uzbekistan becomes the type's first Central Asian operator.
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SEP 242026
22ร Tiger
Retired
๐ฆ๐บ Australia ยท Final Tiger ARH flights at Darwin end 22 years of Army service; fleet withdrawn on 30 September, replaced by AH-64E Apache.
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- SEP 302026 Retired USS Shiloh (Ticonderoga) ยท ๐บ๐ธ United States ยท Decommissioned at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, her homeport, after 34 years of service.
- SEP 252026 Retired USS Lake Erie (Ticonderoga) ยท ๐บ๐ธ United States ยท Decommissioned at Naval Base San Diego after more than 33 years of service.
- SEP 252026 Sunk ex-USS Klakring (Oliver Hazard Perry) ยท ๐บ๐ธ United States ยท Sunk as a target off northwest Scotland during the Atlantic Thunder 2026 SINKEX, final blow by a submarine torpedo.
- SEP 242026 Commissioned KRI Sriwijaya (Giuseppe Garibaldi) ยท ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia ยท Commissioned at Tanjung Priok, Jakarta, ex-Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi, Indonesia's first aircraft carrier.
- SEP 242026 Delivered Domenico Millelire (Thaon di Revel) ยท ๐ฎ๐น Italy ยท Delivered at Muggiano, La Spezia, seventh Thaon di Revel-class multipurpose patrol ship.
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Top 15 of 162 ยท sorted by ATLAS Index| # | Country | ATLAS Index (Aggregate Total of Land, Air and Sea strength) | Aircraft | Warships | Active Troops | Defense Budget |
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| 01 | ๐บ๐ธUnited States | 100.0 | 12,899 | 225 | 1,326,050 | $920B |
| 02 | ๐จ๐ณChina | 90.2 | 6,014 | 477 | 2,035,000 | $281B |
| 03 | ๐ท๐บRussia | 82.9 | 5,311 | 279 | 1,100,000 | $152B |
| 04 | ๐ฎ๐ณIndia | 69.9 | 2,338 | 228 | 1,475,750 | $78B |
| 05 | ๐ฐ๐ทSouth Korea | 60.2 | 1,566 | 112 | 500,000 | $43B |
| 06 | ๐ซ๐ทFrance | 56.5 | 990 | 80 | 270,000 | $66B |
| 07 | ๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom | 52.7 | 682 | 58 | 144,400 | $88B |
| 08 | ๐ฏ๐ตJapan | 51.9 | 1,299 | 103 | 247,000 | $56B |
| 09 | ๐ต๐ฐPakistan | 51.5 | 1,513 | 88 | 660,000 | $9.3B |
| 10 | ๐น๐ทTurkey | 51.2 | 1,327 | 106 | 355,200 | $31B |
| 11 | ๐ฎ๐ฑIsrael | 49.3 | 594 | 49 | 169,500 | $43B |
| 12 | ๐ธ๐ฆSaudi Arabia | 49.2 | 916 | 67 | 257,000 | $88B |
| 13 | ๐ฉ๐ชGermany | 47.9 | 686 | 45 | 183,500 | $112B |
| 14 | ๐น๐ผTaiwan | 47.0 | 728 | 86 | 169,000 | $18B |
| 15 | ๐บ๐ฆUkraine | 47.0 | 343 | 21 | 1,000,000 | $84B |