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DISPATCH 02/26 · 17 Jun 2026
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  1. Challenger 2Pro The British Army's sole main battle tank since 1998 — a heavily armoured, 62.5-tonne brute with a unique 120 mm rifled gun, set to be replaced by the smoothbore-armed Challenger 3. Europe · Land · main-battle-tank · UK · rifled-gun · challenger
  2. T-90M ProryvPro Russia's most modern serial main battle tank — a deeply upgraded T-90 with a new turret, Relikt reactive armour and a fire-control suite, fielded from 2020 and now the benchmark of Russian armour attrition in Ukraine. Russia · Land · main-battle-tank · mbt · uralvagonzavod
  3. Yaogan seriesPro China's expansive military ISR satellite constellation combining optical, radar, and signals intelligence with a NOSS-style naval-surveillance arm to form the space backbone of the PLA's anti-ship missile kill chain. China · Space · isr · satellite · yaogan · jianbing · elint · sar · electro-optical · anti-ship · kill-chain
  4. Krasukha-4Pro A Russian mobile broadband radar-jamming system built to blind airborne surveillance radars and disrupt satellite signals — deployed to Syria and Ukraine, and captured intact near Kyiv. Russia · Space · electronic-warfare · radar-jammer · ground-ew · jamming
  5. StarshieldPro SpaceX's Starshield is a government/military satellite-communications constellation built on the Starlink bus—providing secure, high-assurance connectivity and hosting classified payloads for US national-security users. USA · Space · starshield · satcom · leo · proliferated · spacex · government
  6. Admiral GorshkovPro Russia's most modern surface combatant — a multirole frigate built around long-range precision strike with Kalibr and Zircon hypersonic missiles, and the anchor of its future surface fleet. Russia · Sea · frigate · guided-missile · russian-navy · project-22350 · kalibr · zircon
  7. Type 055 RenhaiPro China's largest and most powerful surface combatant — the Type 055 Renhai combines a 12,000-ton displacement with 112 universal VLS cells, serving as the PLAN's carrier-strike-group escort and flagship. China · Sea · destroyer · guided-missile · aegis-equivalent · PLAN · type-055 · renhai
  8. Arleigh BurkePro The backbone of the U.S. surface fleet — a 9,500-ton multirole Aegis destroyer with 96 vertical launch cells, evolving from the SPY-1 to the SPY-6 radar, and the platform that fought the heaviest air-defense battles since World War II in the Red Sea. USA · Sea · guided-missile-destroyer · aegis · ballistic-missile-defense · multirole · tomahawk
  9. Magura V5Pro Ukraine's game-changing naval attack drone — a low-profile, satellite-controlled USV that has sunk multiple Russian warships and scored the first-ever uncrewed vessel air-to-air kill. Ukraine · drones · USV · naval-drone · one-way-attack · HUR
  10. CH-4 RainbowPro China's export workhorse medium-altitude long-endurance combat drone — a lower-cost MALE UCAV that has seen extensive combat with Middle Eastern and African customers, delivering persistence and precision strike without the restrictions of Western systems. China · drones · ucav · male · chinese-export-drone · casc · armed-isr
  11. MQ-9 ReaperPro The MQ-9 Reaper is the U.S. military's workhorse armed MALE UCAV—a long-endurance, remotely-piloted aircraft used for ISR and precision strike, fielded by the USAF and over a dozen allies, with a combat record spanning from the Black Sea to the Red Sea. USA · drones · male-ucav · armed-isr · strike · general-atomics
  12. Bayraktar TB2Pro Turkey's game-changing MALE armed UCAV — a low-cost, piston-engined platform that reshaped conflicts in Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukraine, proving that a cheap, recoverable drone can dominate the battlefield when air defences are absent. Europe · Ukraine · drones · ucav · male · turkey · baykar · strike · isr
  13. HQ-9BPro China's indigenous long-range air-defense system, a Sinicized S-300 evolution with a claimed 260 km reach, limited anti-ballistic capability, and a growing operator list, though its combat effectiveness remains largely unproven. China · Air Defense · sam · hq-9 · casic
  14. IRIS-T SLMPro Germany's medium-range air-defense missile system, combat-proven in Ukraine — a road-mobile, vertical-launch SAM built to engage aircraft, cruise missiles, and drones out to 40 km, and rapidly proliferating across European and allied forces. Europe · Air Defense · sam · diehl-defence · hensoldt
  15. Patriot PAC-3Pro The Patriot PAC-3 is the United States' premier long-range air-and-missile defense system — a road-mobile, layered SAM and lower-tier BMD platform that combines blast-fragmentation and hit-to-kill interceptors to defeat aircraft, cruise missiles, and tactical ballistic missiles. USA · Air Defense · sam · pac-3-mse
  16. DF-26Pro China's road-mobile, dual‑capable intermediate‑range ballistic missile — able to strike land targets out to Guam and, in its DF‑26B variant, engage moving ships at sea. China · missiles · irbm · ballistic-missile · nuclear · anti-ship
  17. Shahed-136Pro Iran-origin, Russia-built long-range one-way attack drone — the saturation-strike icon of the Ukraine war, fired in mass nightly salvos to exhaust air defenses and strike infrastructure at a cost-exchange ratio that has rewritten the economics of strategic bombardment. Iran · Russia · missiles · loitering-munition · one-way-attack · shahed · geran · saturation-strike
  18. ATACMSPro The MGM-140 ATACMS — a HIMARS/MLRS-launched short-range ballistic missile, fielded since Desert Storm and the backbone of US deep-strike fires — now a critical enabler in Ukraine’s long-range campaign. USA · missiles · ballistic-missile · srbm · precision-strike · himars · mlrs · Lockheed Martin
  19. Kh-101Pro Russia's stealthy air-launched cruise missile — a long-range subsonic weapon carrying a 450 kg conventional warhead, the primary stand-off munition in Moscow's sustained aerial campaign against Ukrainian infrastructure. Russia · missiles · cruise-missile · air-launched · low-observable · long-range · raduga
  20. Eurofighter TyphoonPro Pan-European 4.5-generation canard-delta multirole fighter — the air superiority and strike backbone of four NATO air forces, in service since 2003. Europe · Air · fighter · multirole · canard · delta · aesa · meteor · NATO
  21. J-20 Mighty DragonPro China's first operational fifth-generation stealth fighter — a twin-engine, low-observable air-superiority platform fielded exclusively by the PLAAF, with a growing fleet estimated at over 200 aircraft and an emerging maritime-strike capability. China · Air · stealth · fighter · fifth-generation · plaa · air-superiority
  22. F-35A Lightning IIPro The U.S. Air Force's fifth-generation multirole stealth fighter — a single-engine CTOL aircraft with advanced sensor fusion, internal weapons carriage, and a global user base exceeding 1,300 airframes across 19+ nations. USA · Air · f-35 · stealth · multirole · fifth-generation · usaf
  23. Su-57 FelonPro Russia's first purported 5th-generation stealth fighter, designed for air superiority and multirole missions. Despite a protracted development, it has entered service in limited numbers and seen restricted use over Ukraine, primarily for standoff strikes. Russia · Air · stealth · fighter · sukhoi · 5th-gen
  24. Type 99APro China's top-tier main battle tank — a three-crew, 125 mm autoloader-equipped heavy tank with reactive armour and a turret-mounted laser dazzler, fielded only by the PLA and with no combat record. China · Land · main-battle-tank · mbt · norinco · type-99a
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