Pakistan's PKR 3 trillion (about $10.76 billion U.S.) defence budget for 2026-2027 is the largest it has ever set in dollar terms. But a weakening...
The Pakistan Navy’s (PN) first Hangor-class submarine, PNS/M Hangor, arrived at Karachi on 11 June 2026, where it was received...
Ukraine's Fire Point has reworked its FP-7 ballistic missile into the low-cost FP-7.x interceptor at the heart of Project Freya....
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For close to three decades, the conventional account of Pakistan’s nuclear program has rested on a single premise: that Pakistan acquired the bomb through procurement,...
Every big question on the latest Defence Uncut — should Pakistan buy a stealth fighter? why can’t it afford more J-10s? — eventually collapses into...
Pakistan just tested a private rocket booster that eliminates the need for airfields—a major tactical shift inspired by lessons from the Ukraine war.
Across new radars, loitering munitions, electronic warfare, and airframe upgrades, NASTP has emerged as the Pakistan Air Force's lead design and integration vendor – while...
Pakistan's military is quietly building "unified sub-commands" — the ARFC, Space Command, and a possible Drone Force — that cut horizontally across the Army, Air...
Trump's demand that Islamabad join the Abraham Accords is the opposite of the dividend Pakistan's mediation was meant to secure. The real strain is at...
A still from a recent PAF promotional video suggests that NASTP is studying a structural upgrade of the Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C. Quwa examines what...
On May 27, 2026, Russia and the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan signed a military-technical cooperation agreement at a security forum outside Moscow, following talks between...
A pragmatic alternative to a fifth-generation fighter is taking shape — and a 2021 Quwa analysis predicted much of it. A new Pulse Check episode...
The PAF CAS met only with Baykar during his May 2026 visit to Türkiye — not TAI, Aselsan, or Roketsan. When one examines Baykar's operating...
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India has finalised the Letter of Request for 114 Dassault Rafale fighters — valued at ₹3.25 lakh crore (~$38B) — with dispatch to France expected...
The U.S. Army’s 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade (52nd ADA BDE) is testing DZYNE Technologies’ IonStrike kinetic interceptor in Europe as part of a broader...
The Turkish Navy is procuring 100 expendable kamikaze USVs from three competing teams – Aselsan/Ares (Tufan), STM/Yonca (Yaktu), and Havelsan/Sefine – for autonomous swarm strike...
Several indicators suggest that the Bayraktar Kızılelma UCAV is on the table for the Pakistan Air Force. When one closely examines how Baykar operates, the...
HAVELSAN will export its FSGP mission planning system and a full flight simulator to Spain alongside the Hürjet – reversing Türkiye's decades-long dependence on imported...
The Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) has awarded Perennial Autonomy a three-year contract with a $500 million ceiling to deliver AI-enabled counter-drone systems...
Aselsan's Steel Dome layered air defence architecture was deployed for the first time as an integrated system-of-systems at Exercise EFES 2026, with Siper, Hisar-O, Hisar-A,...
Pakistan Air Force Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu was photographed in front of a Bayraktar Kizilelma unmanned combat aerial...
The JF-17 Thunder is the Pakistan Air Force’s most numerous fighter aircraft. Over 170 units have been produced. Export interest is surging, with countries from...
