Pakistan’s Chinese Arms Purchases Start Taking Shape
From new armoured vehicles to high-tech naval vessels, Pakistan’s major arms acquisitions from China are starting to take shape. Pakistan will induct a large assortment...
Quwa Team
“Industry-Academia Linkages” in the Pakistani Context
Pakistani industries and universities advertise deep & fruitful industry-academia linkages in their promotional materials. However, one struggles to see the fruits of these so-called linkages...
Pakistan Inducts Batch of al-Khalid-I Tanks
On 28 July 2020, the Pakistan Army’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced that Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) delivered a batch of al-Khalid-I main battle...
Indian Air Force Inducts First Five Dassault Rafale Fighters
On 30 July 2020, the Indian Air Force (IAF) received the first five of 36 Dassault Rafale multi-role combat aircraft from Dassault. The aircraft were...
How Pakistan Should Equip its Ships for Naval Air Threats
Pakistan’s frigate and corvette acquisition/upgrade programs will deliver a considerably more capable force by the middle of the coming decade, but there may still be...
A Pragmatic Vision for Project Azm
FGFAs, which are exponentially more complex, will face inevitable delays, so the PAF can decide to “cut its losses” by killing the FGFA program and,...
Is the New Klimov RD-93MA Engine an Option for the JF-17?
With Russia’s United Engine Corporation (UEC) announcing that it started testing its RD-93MA turbofan engine, could the new powerplant make its way to the JF-17?
ATR-72 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA)
The RAS-72 Sea Eagle is among the Pakistan Navy’s (PN) newer inductions. The RAS-72 is a maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) based on the ATR-72, a...
Pakistan’s UAV Development, Deployment, and Future
The importance of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the modern battlespace is widely recognized in our times. With the success that UAVs have had in...
Moving Forward With the MILGEM-J Corvette/Frigate
The Pakistan’s MILGEM corvette/frigate design shaping into a capable solution for the Pakistan Navy’s (PN) current and future needs. The PN should commit to additional...