Quwa Team
This report was written by open-source intelligence (OSINT) analyst Farooq (whose other work can be found on X).
As the lines between traditional warfare and counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (C-UAV) operations blur, integrated electronic warfare (EW) systems have emerged as essential…
Bilal Khan
In 2021, Quwa wrote an article inferring that Pakistan will likely adopt a loitering munitions strategy . Nearly four years later, it is evident that Pakistan is acquiring a wide range of loitering munitions and, that too with a…
Bilal Khan
On 30 May, China’s Xichang Satellite Launch Centre sent Pakistan’s newest communications satellite into orbit using its LM-3B satellite-launch vehicle (SLV). Designated the PakSat-MM1 (previously, it was known as the PakSat-MM1R), the new satellite will be ready for operations by…
Bilal Khan
On 28 May, Pakistan celebrated the 26th anniversary of its Chagai-I and Chagai-II nuclear tests, which it carried out in 1998 in response to India’s Pokhran-II tests. Since becoming a nuclear power, Pakistan’s program has evolved through the inclusion…
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) revealed that it will convert its lone Bombardier Global 6000 business jet into a stand-off jammer with Turkiye’s help.
In a public relations video released in January 2024, the PAF said that Air Headquarters (AHQ) made the “strategic decision to phase out legacy systems.”
While it continued investing heavily in fighters since 2019, the PAF also revealed that it built a new and robust ground-based air defence system (GBADS)
The senior leaderships of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and Turkish Armed Forces tabled a discussion about jointly pursuing air-to-air missile (AAM) technology.
Pakistan’s first indigenously designed medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the Shahpar-II, is off to a promising start. It is being inducted by the Pakistan Army (PA) and the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), while Global Defence and Industrial Solutions (GIDS) is…
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) revealed that it received a new Saab 2000-based Erieye AEW&C system. It was given the serial “23-053.”