Pakistan Brokers Iran Ceasefire — and Looks West Plus Pro
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...
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Why Washington’s Pakistan Missile Alarm Isn’t About ICBMs
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...
Why the GCC Called Kyiv Before Islamabad Plus Pro
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....
How Iranian Shahed Drones Are Rewriting the Rules of Defence
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...
Could Pakistan Emulate Iran’s Ballistic Missile Strategy? Plus Pro
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...
After FCAS: Could an Indo-French Fighter Program Emerge? Plus Pro
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...
Russian Parts Found in Shahed Drone That Hit RAF Akrotiri Plus Pro
A Russian Kometa-B navigation module — first found in drones over Ukraine in December 2025 — has been recovered from the Iranian Shahed that struck...
Gulf States Race to Buy Ukraine’s Drone Killers Pro
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...
US Navy Scrapped Gulf Minesweepers Before Iran Mined Hormuz Plus Pro
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...