Pakistan’s Shift to COIN Part 3: Infantry and Light Armoured Vehicles
This article will offer some detail into the roles of the Army and the Frontier Corps in regards to Pakistan’s counterinsurgency (COIN) campaign, and how...
Bilal Khan
Founder of Quwa, Bilal has been researching Pakistani defence industry and security issues for over 15 years. His work has been cited by Pakistan's National Defence University (NDU), the Council of Foreign Relations, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Centre of Airpower Studies and many others. He has a Hons. B.A in Political Science and Masters of Interntional Public Policy from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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First Egyptian Type 209/1400 Submarine launched in Germany
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Is Sri Lanka looking to buy JF-17s from Pakistan?
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Will Pakistan get the F-35 Lightning II? (Probably Not)
In addition to officially confirming the PAF’s plans to acquire a 5th generation platform, Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sohail Aman apparently told The News that...
Keep an Eye Out for the Denel Dynamics Marlin Air-to-Air Missile
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Pakistan’s Shift to COIN Part 2: The Centrality of Army Aviation
04 December 2015 By Bilal Khan Continuing from last week (Pakistan’s Shift to COIN Part 1) Amongst the earliest comprehensive military development programs set up...