Tracking the forces, fleets and equipment of 162 countries through open-source intelligence — updated daily from verified reporting.
F-35B/C
Crash
🇺🇸 United States · Crashed short of the runway on approach to MCAS Miramar, San Diego; pilot ejected and survived with minor injuries.
F-16AM
Crash
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Crashed near Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, during an intercept mission against Russian air targets; pilot ejected and survived.
MV-22
Delivered
🇺🇸 United States · Final MV-22B handed over at Amarillo, Texas; aircraft joins VMM-162, closing a 359-aircraft Marine Corps buy.
L-39
Crash
🇷🇺 Russia · Crashed during low-altitude aerobatic manoeuvres near Kushchyovskaya, Krasnodar Krai; both crew killed.
UH-72A Lakota
Crash
🇺🇸 United States · Crashed in a field near Opp, Alabama during a Fort Rucker training sortie; instructor pilot and two students hospitalised in stable condition.
GlobalMilitary.net inventory data weighted by fleet size puts the average North Korean combat aircraft design at 65 years old, against 33 for the United States and 20 for the United Kingdom.
Turkish Aerospace released footage on July 31 of the second airworthy KAAN prototype taxiing under its own power at Ankara, with the company's president saying the aircraft could fly within a couple of months.
Gen. Dale White told an industry conference in Dayton on July 30 that the sixth-generation fighter has entered engineering and manufacturing development and that Boeing is building test aircraft, with first flight held to 2028.
| # | Country | Power Index | Aircraft | Warships | Active Troops | Defense Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 🇺🇸United States | 99.8 | 12,784 | 470 | 1,326,050 | $920B |
| 02 | 🇨🇳China | 84.8 | 3,731 | 1,060 | 2,035,000 | $281B |
| 03 | 🇷🇺Russia | 82.6 | 4,300 | 529 | 1,100,000 | $152B |
| 04 | 🇮🇳India | 68.8 | 2,217 | 350 | 1,475,750 | $78.2B |
| 05 | 🇫🇷France | 64.1 | 988 | 165 | 270,000 | $66.4B |
| 06 | 🇰🇷South Korea | 63.3 | 1,543 | 156 | 500,000 | $43.1B |
| 07 | 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 62.1 | 640 | 82 | 144,400 | $88.5B |
| 08 | 🇯🇵Japan | 61.2 | 1,399 | 159 | 247,000 | $56.4B |
| 09 | 🇹🇷Turkey | 57.8 | 1,067 | 214 | 355,200 | $31.3B |
| 10 | 🇩🇪Germany | 57.7 | 589 | 71 | 183,500 | $112B |
| 11 | 🇮🇹Italy | 56.3 | 743 | 311 | 165,500 | $47.6B |
| 12 | 🇹🇼Taiwan | 56.2 | 686 | 113 | 169,000 | $18.2B |
| 13 | 🇮🇱Israel | 56.1 | 534 | 53 | 169,500 | $43.2B |
| 14 | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | 55.9 | 914 | 34 | 257,000 | $88B |
| 15 | 🇩🇿Algeria | 54.5 | 612 | 104 | 130,000 | $21.5B |