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Pakistan Navy’s New Strategy Will Pair Mesh Networking with Long-Range Strike
Admiral Naveed Ashraf’s capability-first plan points to coastal SMASH and Harbah NG strike, networked by Sea Sultan, Shahpar-3 drones and mesh relays.
Why Pakistan Has Trouble Financing Its Defence Requirements (& First Steps to Solving Them)
Pakistan's FY2026-27 budget spends $28.9bn on debt interest against $10.8bn on defence. How domestic debt, banks and a narrow tax base limit arms procurement.
Pakistan Navy PNS/M Hangor Submarine Tests CM-708UNB Anti-Ship Missile
PNS/M Hangor, the Pakistan Navy's lead Hangor-class (Type 039B) submarine, test-fired a CM-708UNB anti-ship cruise missile in the North Arabian Sea.
Why a Retired Indian Admiral Calls Pakistan’s 8 Hangor Submarines a “Massive Headache”
Indian analysts call the Pakistan Navy's eight Hangor-class submarines a "massive headache." Quwa unpacks the A2/AD case and the nuclear framing flaw.
How Pakistan Will Work to Match India’s Future MQ-9B HALE UAS Capability
India signed a USD $203 million deal on 17 August 2026 to lease two MQ-9B SeaGuardian HALE UAVs for the Indian Navy, completing a US-origin ISTAR, ASW and…
Lessons from Bandar Abbas: How Pakistan Can Build – and Blunt – the Attack USV
The Saronic Corsair strike on Bandar Abbas hands the Pakistan Navy a working model for USV and AUV sea denial – and a coastal defence problem it has…
The Rasoob 250 Can Be Pakistan’s Naval Strike Missile
Pakistan's GIDS Rasoob 250 could replace fragmented ASCM inventories across the Pakistan Navy, PAF, and Army — following the Kongsberg NSM's tri-service model.
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Pakistan Buries Its Defence Tenders Across 40 Channels. Only Incumbents Can Find Them.
Quwa’s Pulse Check Season 1 Episode 12 takes up the question raised by Pakistan’s fragmented procurement publishing – whether a supplier without a dedicated procurement desk can see the defence market at all, and what DIPRA does to that picture.
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Industry Brief: Pakistan’s Shift to Scale-Heavy Precision-Strike Requires Low-Cost Platforms
Pakistan’s Fatah-2, Fatah-4 and ISTAR investments point towards a wider launch-platform mix and new munitions designed for affordable mass.
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Demand Tracker: Pakistan Navy Mesh Networking Requirements
How the Pakistan Navy's mesh network plans for MUM-T, Link Green and drones like the Shahpar-3 translate into demand for radios, software, AI and SATCOM.
Unpacking Pakistan’s Pivot to Low-Cost, High-Speed Attack Drones
Pakistan’s Fatah-4, Sarfarosh and jet attack drones examined alongside Russia’s Geran-4 and Geran-5, Ukrainian interceptors and India’s air defence.
Demand Tracker: Is Pakistan Replacing Its Alouette III Helicopters With Airbus H125s?
The PAF and PN appear to be inducting Airbus H125 light utility helicopters, but France has reported no helicopter exports to Pakistan since 2021. This brief examines where the airframes could be coming from and why a CDF-led common helicopter program could deliver the scale and offsets that…
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