The Pakistan Navy tested what appears to be an extended-range variant of the SMASH (P282) anti-ship ballistic missile from a Babur-class (MILGEM) corvette – the...
Between 2016 and 2026, the Pakistan Army (PA) has built a sizable capacity for precision firing across its armour and artillery, and, more recently, its...
Pakistan’s defence industry recently took the wraps off two new jet-powered one-way attack drones – the Woot-Tech HiMark-25 and the “Baaz Delta” by Global Industrial...
Pakistan moves to patrol the Strait of Hormuz. Is Islamabad finally charging a "security premium" for the Gulf, or is it trading away its deterrence...
Between 2007 and 2026, the Pakistan Army's wheeled armoured vehicle posture evolved from ad hoc MRAP imports to HIT-led production partnerships with foreign OEMs. This...
The Islamabad talks between the United States and Iran ended without a deal on Sunday, April 12, after 21 hours of negotiations at the Serena...
Pakistan brokered a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran on 8 April 2026, with US-Iran talks set to begin in Islamabad on 10...
When the US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 18 that Pakistan “potentially could” develop ICBMs capable of...
Iranian Shahed-type loitering munitions began striking Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) targets in March 2026. The first call for counter-drone help went to Kyiv, not Islamabad....
The development and proliferation of loitering munitions since 2020 have forced a significant rethink of anti-air warfare (AAW) planning and procurement. In the conflicts that...
In the season premiere of Defence Uncut (S02E01), Bilal Khan and Arslan Khan examine the operational lessons emerging from the US-Iran war – from the...
Iran’s ongoing war with the United States and Israel has put its ballistic missile (BM)-centric defence posture in the spotlight, testing its depth and its...
In April 2018, days after India formally withdrew from the Su-57 Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) program with Russia, Quwa published an analysis that identified...
A Russian Kometa-B navigation module — first found in drones over Ukraine in December 2025 — has been recovered from the Iranian Shahed that struck...
Ukraine has deployed 201 counter-drone specialists to five Gulf countries and is offering interceptor drones costing as little as $1,000 — a fraction of the...
The US Navy retired its last four dedicated minesweepers from the Persian Gulf in September 2025. Five months later, Iran began mining the Strait of...
Pakistan's Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement with Saudi Arabia — signed in September 2025 on the principle that aggression against one is aggression against both —...
DNI Tulsi Gabbard's ICBM claim about Pakistan is a simplified misdirect. The IC's actual containment target is Pakistan's complete nuclear fuel cycle – and the...
The United States struck over 90 Iranian military sites on Kharg Island on 13 March 2026 as part of Operation Epic Fury, destroying naval mine...
Western navy chiefs have warned that the Red Sea crisis has exposed critical readiness gaps against asymmetric threats, including ballistic missiles, drones, uncrewed surface vessels...
