Pakistan’s Private Sector Takes Its First Steps Into the Drone Boom Plus Pro
Pakistan’s private sector has started to enter the country’s military drone effort, a space it has long been kept out of. Three developments across 2026...
Podcasts
Is Iran Becoming the Middle East’s Leading Power? A Retired Pakistani General Weighs In Plus Pro
Pakistan brokered the April 2026 US–Iran ceasefire while pledged to defend Saudi Arabia. A retired Pakistani general unpacks the paradox on Quwa's Pulse Check.
Why Replacing Pakistan’s F-16s Is Harder Than the J-35 Hype Suggests
Pakistan's F-16s retire by 2040 and the J-35 is the frontrunner — but not a lock. Defence Uncut breaks down the Typhoon, F-16 Block 72,...
Pakistan Tested a ‘Fatah-5.’ Here’s What It Probably Is
Defence Uncut opens on Pakistan’s conventional ballistic missile push and the logic of a shared launcher, then turns to defending PAF air bases, cheaper warships,...
Pakistan’s First Home-Built Drone Engines Point to a Cheaper, Bigger Strike Arsenal
The Alsons Group, a Karachi industrial conglomerate better known for auto parts and electronics, used Eurosatory 2026 in Paris to unveil what it called Pakistan’s...
Pakistan’s $10.76 Billion Defence Budget, PNS Hangor, and the FCAS Collapse
Pakistan's record $10.76B defence budget for 2026-27 is up nearly 18% — but is it the J-35 evidence everyone wants? Defence Uncut decodes where the...
Pakistan’s Nuclear Program Was Never Just a Weapons Grab Plus Pro
For close to three decades, the conventional account of Pakistan’s nuclear program has rested on a single premise: that Pakistan acquired the bomb through procurement,...
Pakistan’s Real Problem Isn’t Money — It’s That It Stopped Bargaining
Every big question on the latest Defence Uncut — should Pakistan buy a stealth fighter? why can’t it afford more J-10s? — eventually collapses into...
Is Russia’s Air Defence Deal With the Taliban a Threat to Pakistan?
On May 27, 2026, Russia and the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan signed a military-technical cooperation agreement at a security forum outside Moscow, following talks between...
Analysis: How Pakistan Can Build a Stealth ‘Loyal Wingman’ Drone Plus Pro
A pragmatic alternative to a fifth-generation fighter is taking shape — and a 2021 Quwa analysis predicted much of it. A new Pulse Check episode...