No matter what, the coronation ceremony and military parade had to proceed as planned.
Whether in person or through television broadcasts, all Wakandans saw T'Challa, now the Black Panther, reviewing the troops in formal regalia. Wakanda's military equipment had not changed significantly in nearly three hundred years. With no need for foreign wars, hovering vehicles capable of carrying twenty people had become the standard troop carriers. Their Vibranium bodies were light enough that even fully loaded, they maintained respectable flight speeds. Because Wakanda needed to conceal its existence from the outside world, its aircraft possessed powerful stealth and jamming capabilities. Firepower and carrying capacity had never been priorities, so over the years Wakanda's Claw fighter jets had evolved into a kind of special operations equipment.
But to display its military strength to Latveria, the royal family also brought out some unused weapons and equipment from the warehouses. Constantine, the Praetorian Guard Commander standing behind the Emperor, carefully observed Wakanda's military equipment, matching its one-sided military needs to the equipment before him—due to its lack of experience in large-scale wars against the outside world, Wakanda's weapons were technologically advanced but had always lacked the full range of equipment needed for every aspect of the battlefield. The Wakandans had also failed to realize that quantity, once it reached a certain scale, was itself a qualitative advantage. All their military equipment had relentlessly pursued cutting-edge technology while neglecting massed effects and battlefield practicality.
The Wakandans had neither tanks nor Armored Personnel Carriers. Their open-top hovering troop transports might have been sturdy, but a single well-positioned heavy explosive round could wipe out every passenger inside. Although Claw fighter jets came in many models, even the largest lacked sufficient bomb loads. Rather than fighters, they were more like reconnaissance aircraft designed to infiltrate enemy airspace.