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Trident II D5 Missile
- Guidance System: Inertial Navigation with Stellar Updates
- Maximum Speed: Mach 20+
- Launch Compatibility: Submarine (SLBM)
- Warhead Technology: MIRV Nuclear Warheads
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B-21 Raider Bomber
- Maximum Speed: High subsonic (Mach 0.8+)
- Range: (est. 6,000+ nm unrefueled)
- Payload Capacity: Est. 20,000–30,000 lb internal
- Crew: 2
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F-47 Fighter Jet
- Generation: 6th Generation
- Maximum Speed: Mach 2.9
- No. of Engines: 2
- Radar Range: 400+ km
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F-35i Adir Fighter Jet
- Generation: 5th
- Maximum Speed: Mach 1.6
- No. of Engines: 1
- Radar Range: Over 150 miles
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Type 99B Main Battle Tank
- Main Gun Caliber: 125 mm smoothbore, reported
- Engine Power: Not publicly confirmed
- Maximum Speed: Not publicly confirmed, Type 99 family reports up to 80 km/h
- Armor Type: Composite and reactive protection reported within Type 99 lineage
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PNS Hunain Patrol Vessel
- Displacement: Approx. 2,600 tons
- Maximum Speed: Approx. 24 knots
- Radar Range: Not publicly disclosed
- Vertical Launch Cells (VLS): Not publicly disclosed
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INS Kolkata Destroyer
- Displacement: About 7,400 tons full load
- Maximum Speed: About 30 knots
- Radar Range: Up to about 250 km reported for MF-STAR
- Vertical Launch Cells (VLS): 32 Barak-8 VLS cells
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SQUALL Cruise Missile
- Guidance System: Multiple guidance and navigation systems, designed to resist jamming and spoofing
- Maximum Speed: Not publicly disclosed
- Launch Compatibility: Land and naval platforms, including ramps, containers and tactical vehicles
- Warhead Technology: Not publicly disclosed
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MQ-25A Stingray Drone
- Maximum Speed: High subsonic
- Endurance: 12 plus hours
- Operational Range: 500 plus nautical miles refueling radius
- Payload Capacity: 15,000 lb fuel offload
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F-16 Fighting Falcon
- Generation: 4th
- Maximum Speed: Mach 2.0 (1,500 mph)
- No. of Engines: 1
- Radar Range: ~160 km (AESA)
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AIDC T-5 Brave Eagle
- Generation: Modern advanced jet trainer
- Maximum Speed: Mach 0.97
- No. of Engines: 2
- Radar Range: Not publicly disclosed / no confirmed operational radar range
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F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo Fighter
- Generation: 4th
- Maximum Speed: Mach 1.8
- No. of Engines: 2
- Radar Range: Approx. 57 km look-up, 39 km look-down, publicly reported
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