Trend · rank 92 of 250

Defence industrial base & munitions

High wartime consumption rates, low stockpiles and concentrated suppliers are exposing limits in weapons and ammunition production, making industrial surge capacity and component availability central to sustained national defence.

National SecurityConflict & securitydefencemanufacturinglogistics

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass unchanged. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
92of 250
Sensitivity
9.2rank 123
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
35.7rank 118
Eigenvector
4.2
Betweenness
30.6
Links
18trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
24.2

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
120
Over a year
+6%Steady
Over three years
+47%
Peak
1691 Mar 2026
Sources
Bothagreement -0.19
Coverage
17languages · 53 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (17 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English56%88−6%
German8%88−9%
French7%90−13%
Russian6%106+13%
Japanese4%87−6%
Spanish4%101+8%
Italian2%64−32%
Chinese2%121+9%
Arabic2%71−27%
Ukrainian2%148+47%
Portuguese1%97+13%
Persian1%121+7%
Polish1%82−27%
Dutch1%71−20%
Hebrew1%78−8%
Indonesian1%214+181%
Korean0%123+13%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

United States

Singapore

South Korea

China

Denmark

Netherlands

Canada

Finland

Israel

Norway

United Kingdom

Australia

100

88

88

77

66

55

44

44

44

44

44

33

The 12 highest of 53 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in English100−13%+17%−0%
EuropeGoogle in 5 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch94+30%−9%−8%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Indonesian96+13%+6%−19%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country174+6%+34%+159%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Hebrew105+6%+2%−3%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese70−22%−21%−38%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian171+64%+113%+43%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese79−1%−19%−32%
FranceWikipedia in French90−13%−13%+13%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German80+21%−25%−30%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian128+28%+73%+22%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian97+49%+9%+12%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese110+22%+22%+13%
South KoreaWikipedia in Korean123+31%+13%+52%
MexicoGoogle16−85%−74%−87%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian106+40%+13%−13%
TürkiyeGoogle121+12%+14%+19%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English100−13%+17%−0%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
5 · Very highA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
2 · LowCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
2 · LowA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
5 · Very highMilitary logistics complexityConflict & security93
4 · HighContested maritime accessConflict & security117
4 · HighRearmament & defence spendingConflict & security136
3 · ModerateGreat-power competitionConflict & security28
3 · ModerateReshoring & localised manufacturingTrade, industry & supply chains59
3 · ModerateAlliance realignment & burden-shiftingConflict & security62
3 · ModerateLong-range strike proliferationConflict & security90
3 · ModeratePort & carrier concentrationTrade, industry & supply chains94
3 · ModerateDrone & autonomous warfareConflict & security97
3 · ModerateNuclear arsenal growth & proliferationConflict & security126
3 · ModeratePrivate military & proxy forcesConflict & security142
3 · ModerateElectromagnetic spectrum contestConflict & security152
3 · ModerateMilitarisation of spaceConflict & security166
3 · ModeratePersistent armed conflictConflict & security169
3 · ModerateArms control erosionConflict & security174
3 · ModerateConscription & reserve mobilisationConflict & security180
3 · ModerateAI-supported military decisionsConflict & security199
3 · ModerateCommercial launch & space accessConflict & security247