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Agni-VPro
India's long-range deterrent — the Agni-V is a road-mobile, nuclear-capable ballistic missile that puts all of China within reach. In 2024 India test-fired a version carrying multiple independently-targeted warheads (MIRV), joining a small club of powers with that technology.
missiles · ballistic-missile · icbm
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HAL TejasPro
India's home-built fighter — four decades in the making — the Tejas is a light, agile single-engine delta jet that finally gave India an indigenous combat aircraft. The Mk1A adds AESA radar and beyond-visual-range missiles; the bigger Mk2 is coming. The flagship of India's defence self-reliance.
Air · fighter · light-fighter
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BrahMosPro
The world's fastest cruise missile in service — India and Russia's BrahMos is a Mach-3 ramjet weapon that hits ships and land targets from sea, land, air and submarine. India used it in combat against Pakistan in 2025 and now exports it to the Philippines.
missiles · cruise-missile · supersonic
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AS21 RedbackPro
The IFV Australia chose over the Lynx — Hanwha's AS21 Redback is a heavily-protected tracked fighting vehicle with a 30mm cannon, Spike missiles, active protection and a helmet that lets crews "see through" the hull. A Korean design built on Australian soil, it beat Rheinmetall to win Land 400.
Land · ifv · infantry-fighting-vehicle
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Hsiung Feng IIIPro
Taiwan's "carrier killer" — the ramjet-powered Hsiung Feng III streaks toward enemy ships at around Mach 3, too fast for many defences to react. Fired from warships, coastal batteries and fighter jets, it is a core asymmetric weapon meant to make any Chinese invasion fleet pay a heavy price.
missiles · anti-ship · supersonic
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Hai Kun SubmarinePro
Taiwan's home-built deterrent — the Hai Kun ("Narwhal") is the island's first indigenous submarine, built with quiet foreign help to give Taipei a stealthy weapon that could threaten any Chinese invasion fleet. After decades unable to buy submarines abroad, Taiwan built its own.
Sea · submarine · ssk
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Type 12 Surface-to-Ship MissilePro
Japan's counterstrike missile — the upgraded Type 12 stretches a once-coastal anti-ship weapon to ~1,000 km, adds stealth shaping, terrain-following and evasive maneuvers, and can hit ships or land targets from ground launchers, ships and aircraft. The spearhead of Tokyo's new strike posture.
missiles · anti-ship · land-attack
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Mogami-class FrigatePro
Japan's stealth frigate — and its first big arms export — the Mogami-class packs firepower, mine warfare and unmanned systems into a low-signature hull run by a small, automated crew. In 2025 Australia picked the upgraded version over Germany's — Japan's first major overseas defence contract.
Sea · frigate · stealth
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KSS-III Submarine (Dosan Ahn Changho-class)Pro
The conventional submarine that carries ballistic missiles — South Korea's KSS-III is a large, indigenous AIP boat with a vertical launch system for submarine-launched ballistic missiles, a strike capability almost unheard of outside nuclear-powered navies. Later boats add lithium-ion power.
Sea · submarine · ssk
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FA-50 Fighting EaglePro
The affordable fighter conquering the export market — KAI's FA-50 is a light, supersonic combat jet (born from the T-50 trainer) that delivers much of an F-16's mission at a fraction of the cost. Poland, the Philippines and Malaysia are buying it; Block 20 jets add AESA radar and aerial refuelling.
Air · light-fighter · light-attack
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K2 Black PantherPro
South Korea's world-class tank — and Europe's new workhorse — the K2 Black Panther pairs a 120mm L/55 gun, an autoloader, an active protection suite and hydropneumatic "kneeling" suspension in one of the most advanced MBTs in service. Poland is buying 1,000, with production moving to Polish soil.
Land · main-battle-tank · mbt
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CZ BREN 2Pro
The Czech rifle gone global — CZ's BREN 2 is a light, fully ambidextrous, multi-calibre assault rifle that swaps between 5.56 NATO and 7.62×39 and a range of barrel lengths. The Czech Army's standard arm, adopted by French special and police units and licence-built in Hungary.
Europe · Land · assault-rifle
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Zuzana 2Pro
Slovakia's autoloading wheeled gun — the Zuzana 2 puts a 360°-traversing 155mm howitzer with an automatic loader on an 8×8 truck, firing to 40 km. The DANA's modern NATO-caliber heir, donated and sold to Ukraine, where it has duelled Russian artillery across the front.
Europe · Land · artillery
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BorsukPro
Poland's new amphibious IFV — the Borsuk ("Badger") replaces thousands of Soviet-era BMP-1s with a modern, swimming tracked fighting vehicle carrying an unmanned 30mm turret and Spike anti-tank missiles. A flagship of Poland's massive military build-up, entering service in 2025.
Europe · Land · ifv
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AHS KrabPro
Poland's international mash-up howitzer — the Krab marries a Korean K9 chassis, a British AS-90 turret, a French-pattern 155mm gun and Polish fire control into one 40-km self-propelled gun. Donated and then sold to Ukraine, it has become one of Kyiv's most prized Western artillery pieces.
Europe · Land · artillery
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Patria AMVPro
The most successful modern 8×8 — Finland's Patria AMV is a modular wheeled armoured vehicle adopted by nine nations and licence-built across Europe, Africa and Asia (as Poland's Rosomak, South Africa's Badger and more). One chassis, many roles, combat-tested from Afghanistan onward.
Europe · Land · armored-vehicle
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GlobalEyePro
The "eye in the sky" that broke Boeing's monopoly — Saab's GlobalEye puts a long-range AESA radar on a business jet to watch air, sea and land at once, out past 550 km. Flown by the UAE, Sweden and France, it was picked in 2026 to replace NATO's ageing AWACS fleet.
Europe · Air · aewc
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PiorunPro
The shoulder-fired missile that became a star of the Ukraine war — Poland's Piorun is a modernized, sharper-eyed heir to the Soviet Igla that has knocked down Russian jets, helicopters, cruise missiles and drones, and won orders from the US Army. A cheap, mobile answer to the air threat.
Europe · air defense · manpads
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Naval Strike Missile (NSM)Pro
Norway's stealth ship-killer — a low-flying, fully passive cruise missile with an imaging-infrared seeker that emits nothing for defenders to detect, weaves around islands and terrain, and is now the West's anti-ship weapon of choice from US Navy ships to Marine truck launchers.
Europe · missiles · anti-ship
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Steyr AUGPro
The rifle that made the bullpup mainstream — Austria's Steyr AUG packed a full-length barrel into a compact polymer body with an integral optic and quick-change barrels, decades ahead of its time in 1978. Still produced and found in some 47 countries, it is Austria's defining weapon.
Europe · Land · assault-rifle
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Pilatus PC-21Pro
The turboprop that flies like a jet — Switzerland's Pilatus PC-21 trains fast-jet pilots at a fraction of a jet's cost by mimicking jet-like performance and cockpits, "downloading" expensive jet training onto a cheap propeller plane. The most successful Western advanced trainer of its generation.
Europe · Air · trainer
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Centauro IIPro
A tank's gun on wheels — Italy's 8×8 Centauro II mounts a full 120mm cannon with main-battle-tank firepower on a fast, road-mobile, mine-protected wheeled hull. The heavier, harder-hitting successor to the original Centauro, built for rapid fire support without a tank's logistics.
Europe · Land · armored-vehicle
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PPA (Thaon di Revel-class)Pro
Italy's shape-shifting warship — a Fincantieri ship that scales from a lightly-armed patrol vessel to a full FREMM-class combatant by configuration, and can be up-gunned over its life. The "Multipurpose Combat Ship" that bets one hull can be many warships.
Europe · Sea · frigate
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S-80 Plus SubmarinePro
Spain's AIP submarine — a large Navantia boat with a bioethanol fuel-cell air-independent power plant and a Tomahawk-class land-attack option. Famous as much for its troubles: an early design came out too heavy to surface, forcing a costly redesign before the first boat sailed in 2023.
Europe · Sea · submarine