Equipment Inventory

Type 052D Luyang III: China Just Commissioned Its 35th

On May 31, 2026, Chinese state television aired footage of the destroyer Tongchuan, hull 177, conducting exercises in the South China Sea. The imagery confirmed what open-source trackers had been... Read more...

Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragon: China Is Building More Than Two a Week

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Sukhoi Su-57 Felon: Russia's Stealth Fighter Gets Hit 1,700 Kilometers From the Front

Ukraine struck Su-57 Felon stealth fighters 1,700km inside Russia. Here's what the Su-57 is, what it can do, and how to recognize it. Read more...

MQ-9 Reaper

By early April 2026, the United States had lost at least 16 MQ-9 Reapers in Operation Epic Fury, shot down over Iran at a replacement cost running into the hundreds... Read more...

Type 054B Jiangkai III: China's New Frigate Is Already Being Built in Batches

Satellite imagery captured on March 21, 2026 at the Hudong Changxingdao shipyard in Shanghai confirmed what China's production pace had been suggesting: the Type 054B frigate program has moved out... Read more...

Shaanxi Y-9 Claw: China's Multi-Mission Workhorse Hunts Submarines Over the East China Sea

On March 28, 2026, Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighters scrambled to intercept a Chinese maritime patrol aircraft operating roughly 160 miles northeast of Okinawa over the East China Sea. The... Read more...

Type 055 Renhai: China's Ten-Ship Destroyer Fleet Just Got an Assignment

In early March 2026, Chinese state media confirmed what defense analysts had been tracking on satellite imagery for months: two new Type 055 large destroyers, Dongguan and Anqing, had entered... Read more...

EA-37B Compass Call: America's New Electronic Warfare Jet Enters Combat

On April 2, 2026, U.S. Central Command confirmed the first operational deployment of the EA-37B Compass Call, formally adding the aircraft to the asset list for Operation Epic Fury. Two... Read more...

AH-64 Apache 🏹

The Boeing AH-64 Apache has earned an unrivaled reputation as the world's most feared and battle-tested attack helicopter. Famous for completely devastating enemy armor formations during the 1991 Gulf War,... Read more...

F-15E Strike Eagle 🦅

Born from the legendary, undefeated F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter, the McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle took a phenomenal dogfighter and transformed it into the ultimate all-weather, deep-strike... Read more...

AH-1Z Viper 🐍

Purpose-built for the U.S. Marine Corps, the "Zulu Cobra" is uniquely marinized to operate in the harshest saltwater environments, effortlessly deploying from the decks of Navy amphibious assault ships to... Read more...

Type 094/094A Jin Class

The Type 094 (and its upgraded Type 094A variant), known to NATO as the Jin Class, is the ultimate heavy hitter of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and the... Read more...

MH-6 Little Bird 🥚

The Boeing MH-6 Little Bird, affectionately known in the special operations community as the "Killer Egg," is the ultimate streetfighter of the sky. Exclusively flown by the U.S. Army’s elite... Read more...

B-2 Spirit

The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit is perhaps the most recognizable, yet hardest to detect, aircraft in history. Entering service in 1997, this stealth bomber was designed to penetrate the world's... Read more...

B-1 Lancer 🦴

The Rockwell B-1B Lancer, affectionately known as the "Bone" (B-One), is the heavy metal hot rod of the U.S. bomber fleet. Entering service in the 1980s as a nuclear penetrator,... Read more...

B-52 Stratofortress

It is the grandfather of the air, yet it remains the most feared silhouette in the sky. The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, universally known as the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fellow),... Read more...

Type 075 Yushen Class

The Type 075 Amphibious Assault Ship is the workhorse of the PLAN’s expeditionary fleet. Resembling a small aircraft carrier with its massive straight-through flight deck, this 40,000-ton vessel is designed... Read more...

C-40 Clipper

The Boeing C-40 Clipper does the heavy lifting of global diplomacy and logistics. Based on the commercial Boeing 737-700, this aircraft is the military’s premier Office in the Sky. It... Read more...

Type 076 Sichuan: Yulan Class

The Type 076 Sichuan (NATO: Yulan Class) is China’s newest and most ambitious amphibious assault ship. While it features the well deck of a traditional landing helicopter dock (LHD) to... Read more...

Tu-95 Bear 🐻

Entering service in 1956, this strategic bomber is a technological anomaly that defies the jet age: it is powered by four massive Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop engines driving contra-rotating propellers. The... Read more...

Tu-160 Blackjack

Designed as the Soviet answer to the B-1 Lancer, this variable-sweep wing giant is capable of Mach 2+ speeds, allowing it to sprint away from interceptors after delivering its payload.... Read more...

Tu-134 Crusty

Entering service in 1967 as the Soviet answer to the French Caravelle, this aircraft is instantly recognizable by its classic glass navigator's nose, T-tail, and rear-mounted Soloviev D-30 engines. While... Read more...

V-22 Osprey

Declared operational in 2007, its revolutionary tiltrotor design - which allows it to take off and land vertically before rotating its enormous propellers for high-speed forward flight - has been... Read more...

E-2 Hawkeye

Easily recognizable by the massive, rotating 24-foot rotodome mounted on its back, this twin-turboprop aircraft- nicknamed the "Hummer" for the distinctive sound of its engines is, quite literally, the "eyes... Read more...

P-8 Poseidon 🔱

Developed to replace the venerable P-3 Orion, the P-8 entered service with the U.S. Navy in 2013 and is optimized for long-range Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare, and Intelligence, Surveillance,... Read more...

Type 003 Fujian

Launched in 2022, the Fujian (CV-18) is the first carrier outside of the U.S. Navy to feature an Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), replacing the less-capable ski-jump ramp of its... Read more...

F-35 Lightning II

The F-35 in its three distinct variants (A - Air Force, B - Marines, and C - Navy), has become much more than a fighter jet; it's a flying computer... Read more...

Type 002 Shandong: Modified Kuznetsov Class

The Shandong is an optimized evolution of the Soviet-designed Liaoning, featuring increased deck and hangar space to support a larger air wing of Shenyang J-15 "Flying Shark" fighters. The carrier... Read more...

C-5 Galaxy

The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy has been the backbone of the U.S. Air Force's heavy strategic airlift, entering service in the Vietnam War era and proving its worth in every major... Read more...

A-10 Warthog

Designed during the Cold War and entering service in 1977, the A-10 is the only US Air Force aircraft ever built solely for the Close Air Support (CAS) mission, providing... Read more...

E-3 Sentry

Towering above the battlespace, the E-3 Sentry, performing its AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) role, is instantly recognizable by the massive, rotating radar dome on its back. Developed from... Read more...

MiG-31 Foxhound

Designed to defend the vast airspace of the Soviet Union, the MiG-31 "Foxhound" was born from the legendary MiG-25 "Foxbat" but was a revolutionary leap forward. It was one of... Read more...

C-130 Hercules

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is one of the most important aircraft in aviation history. As a tactical transport, the C-130 can operate from rough, unprepared runways and is a workhorse... Read more...

F-16 Fighting Falcon

The F-16 Fighting Falcon has earned its place as one of the most successful and recognizable fighter aircraft in history. Initially designed by General Dynamics as a lightweight, cost-effective air... Read more...