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Tracking the forces, fleets and equipment of 162 countries through open-source intelligence.

Countries 162 Tracked with full force data Air Forces 162 58,359 active aircraft tracked Navies 81 9,291 warships in service Aircraft Types 759 Specs, photos & operators Ship Classes 604 Specs, photos & operators Vehicles 225 Specs, photos & operators

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North Korea Fires Two Short-Range Ballistic Missiles Toward the East Sea
SEP 21, 2026

North Korea Fires Two Short-Range Ballistic Missiles Toward the East Sea

North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles from the Wonsan area toward the East Sea on September 20, 2026, one flying about 450 km and the other more than 600 km, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said; Japan said neither landed in its territorial waters.

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  1. SEP 182026 F-35A Delivered 🇩🇪 Germany · First F-35A handed over at Fort Worth; jet stays in the US for Luftwaffe aircrew training.
  2. SEP 182026 2× F-35A Delivered 🇫🇮 Finland · The first two F-35As delivered to Finnish soil landed at the Lapland Air Wing in Rovaniemi.
  3. SEP 182026 2× Tejas Delivered 🇮🇳 India · Final two LCA Tejas FOC twin-seat trainers handed over at Bengaluru, completing the Final Operational Clearance trainer contract.
  4. SEP 182026 3× HTT-40 Delivered 🇮🇳 India · First three HTT-40 Ankur basic trainers accepted at Bengaluru, opening deliveries under the 70-aircraft contract.
  5. SEP 172026 2× PC-21 Delivered 🇨🇦 Canada · First two CT-157 Siskin II trainers arrived from Switzerland; 19 on order for Moose Jaw training.
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  1. SEP 152026 Damaged PNS Hunain (Yarmook) · 🇵🇰 Pakistan · Collided with an Indian Navy warship during the SEASPARK-26 exercise in the North Arabian Sea; the two navies blamed each other.
  2. SEP 122026 Sunk Orcan · 🇷🇺 Russia · Uncrewed surface vessel sunk by a Ukrainian Sargan-3000 drone boat in the Black Sea.
  3. SEP 92026 Damaged Admiral Essen (Admiral Grigorovich) · 🇷🇺 Russia · Struck by a Long Neptune missile at Novorossiysk NB in the combined strike of 8-9 September; imagery shows damage to the forward section near …
  4. SEP 92026 Damaged Admiral Makarov (Admiral Grigorovich) · 🇷🇺 Russia · Hit by a Long Neptune cruise missile at Novorossiysk NB; imagery shows moderate to severe damage around the forward VLS banks.
  5. SEP 92026 Damaged Buyan-M · 🇷🇺 Russia · Project 21631 missile corvette severely damaged at Novorossiysk NB; fire and structural collapse aft of the superstructure.
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Top 15 of 162 · sorted by ATLAS Index
# Country ATLAS Index (Aggregate Total of Land, Air and Sea strength) Aircraft Warships Active Troops Defense Budget
01 🇺🇸United States 100.0 13,004 553 1,326,050 $920B
02 🇨🇳China 89.9 6,341 1,033 2,035,000 $281B
03 🇷🇺Russia 82.8 5,378 533 1,100,000 $152B
04 🇮🇳India 69.7 2,256 357 1,475,750 $78B
05 🇰🇷South Korea 60.2 1,552 164 500,000 $43B
06 🇫🇷France 56.3 1,017 175 270,000 $66B
07 🇯🇵Japan 52.6 1,410 169 247,000 $56B
08 🇬🇧United Kingdom 52.5 673 163 144,400 $88B
09 🇵🇰Pakistan 51.3 1,506 152 660,000 $9.3B
10 🇹🇷Turkey 51.0 1,357 217 355,200 $31B
11 🇮🇱Israel 48.8 525 55 169,500 $43B
12 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 48.6 914 37 257,000 $88B
13 🇩🇪Germany 47.7 657 90 183,500 $112B
14 🇹🇼Taiwan 47.0 714 107 169,000 $18B
15 🇺🇦Ukraine 46.7 342 175 1,000,000 $84B
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