military hardware
Armed forces materiel
Military hardware refers to weapons, vehicles, and equipment used by armed forces—tanks, aircraft, missiles, ships, and related machinery.
The term emphasizes the physical, manufactured nature of military capability: The defense contract includes billions in military hardware.
Hardware distinguishes tangible equipment from personnel, strategy, or software systems.
- guided missilesSelf-directing explosive projectiles
- missilesSelf-propelled guided weapons
- nuclear warheadFission-based explosive device
- grenadesSmall thrown explosive devices
- tanksStorage vessels for liquids
combat vehicles · artillery · submarines · satellite systems · night vision goggles · body armor · fighter jets · stealth bomber · rifles · aircraft carriers · warships · bombers · radar · howitzers · ordnance · torpedoes · helicopters · rocket launchers
- defense spendingdefense budget, defense spending, army budget, defense contracts, war funding
- military aidarms sales, arms deals, munitions, war materiel, weapon systems
- military assetsaircraft carriers, submarines, fighter jets, tanks, warships
- arms tradearms trade, arms exports, arms dealer, arms trafficking, arms deals
- Asian MilitariesJapanese Navy, PLAN, Gurkhas, armed forces, air forces
military hardwareconsumer goods
Products bought by individuals
household goods · domestic appliances · consumer electronics · consumer products · commercial products
military hardwaremilitary intelligence
Wartime information gathering
strategic planning · military doctrine · military personnel · cyberweapons · soft power
military hardwarehumanitarian aid
Crisis relief for sufferers
relief supplies · medical equipment · food aid · medical supplies · plowshares