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Sweden's Defence Materiel Administration and the Swedish Armed Forces have signed contracts under Poland's Orka program to train Polish submarine crews and lease the AIP-equipped submarine HMS Södermanland to the Polish Navy until 2032, the Swedish Navy announced on October 12.
Two flight tests in one week, the US Air Force's scramjet-powered HACM over Australia and South Korea's first hypersonic glide vehicle on October 8, shared one word for different machines; what sets them, and Russia's Kinzhal, apart is altitude, propulsion and maneuver, not speed.
GlobalMilitary.net's log of documented losses records 37 Russian Su-34 airframes lost since February 2022, more than any other fixed-wing combat aircraft, as the destruction of a Fullback at Khanskaya Air Base on October 4 and a new delivery batch on October 7 bracket the latest week.
MFI-15 Safari
Crash
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Crashed near Nawan Killi, Quetta, Balochistan; both pilots killed, the military said, citing a technical fault.
E-7A Wedgetail
Delivered
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Second RAF E-7 Wedgetail WT002 arrives at RAF Lossiemouth from Boscombe Down trials, joining WT001 for test and evaluation.
V-22 Osprey
Damaged
🇺🇸 United States · Hard landing followed by a fuel fire in Bladen Lakes State Forest, North Carolina, during training; one of four Marines flown to a burn …
2× Su-34 Fullback
Delivered
🇷🇺 Russia · Second Su-34 batch of 2026 handed over by UAC to the Russian Defence Ministry; number undisclosed, about two aircraft estimated.
ATR 42
Crash
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Crashed near Igbokoda, Ondo State, on a routine Benin City-Lagos flight; all 25 on board killed, the Air Force said.
| # | Country | ATLAS Index (Aggregate Total of Land, Air and Sea strength) | Aircraft | Warships | Active Troops | Defense Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 🇺🇸United States | 100.0 | 12,891 | 226 | 1,326,050 | $920B |
| 02 | 🇨🇳China | 90.0 | 5,662 | 477 | 2,035,000 | $281B |
| 03 | 🇷🇺Russia | 83.0 | 5,312 | 279 | 1,100,000 | $152B |
| 04 | 🇮🇳India | 69.9 | 2,353 | 228 | 1,475,750 | $78B |
| 05 | 🇰🇷South Korea | 60.1 | 1,576 | 112 | 500,000 | $43B |
| 06 | 🇫🇷France | 56.3 | 992 | 80 | 270,000 | $66B |
| 07 | 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 52.5 | 712 | 58 | 144,400 | $88B |
| 08 | 🇯🇵Japan | 51.9 | 1,301 | 103 | 247,000 | $56B |
| 09 | 🇵🇰Pakistan | 51.6 | 1,542 | 88 | 660,000 | $9.3B |
| 10 | 🇹🇷Turkey | 51.0 | 1,321 | 106 | 355,200 | $31B |
| 11 | 🇮🇱Israel | 49.3 | 600 | 49 | 169,500 | $43B |
| 12 | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | 49.2 | 916 | 67 | 257,000 | $88B |
| 13 | 🇩🇪Germany | 47.9 | 706 | 45 | 183,500 | $112B |
| 14 | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 47.0 | 368 | 21 | 1,000,000 | $84B |
| 15 | 🇹🇼Taiwan | 46.9 | 730 | 86 | 169,000 | $18B |