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Pakistan Defence Forum
March 27, 2024
System Profile
Profile: Singapore’s Independence-Class Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV)
Quwa Team
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Feb 2, 2020
Singapore’s Independence-class Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV) joins a growing list of 1,000 to 1,500-ton naval ships equipped with the combat capabilities of larger frigate designs. The LMV has a displacement of 1,250 tons and is equipped...
Calidus B-250 Light Attack Aircraft
Bilal Khan
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Dec 1, 2019
Offered by the UAE-based company Calidus, the B-250 is a turboprop-powered light combat aircraft for primarily counterinsurgency (COIN) and counterterrorism (CT) missions. In 2019, Calidus secured its first contract from the UAE for 24 B-250 aircraft...
Profile: Pakistan’s New Hangor Submarine
Bilal Khan
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Nov 11, 2019
The Pakistan Navy has eight Hangor submarines on order from China. The first four will be inducted in 2022-2023, and the last four by 2028. ...
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CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder: Is Pakistan’s Mainstay Fighter Any Good?
Bilal Khan
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Aug 31, 2017
Overview of the JF-17 Thunder lightweight multi-role fighter co-produced by Pakistan and China, including current and future variants (Block-III)....
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Profile: Hensoldt Spexer 2000 Border Surveillance Radar
Quwa Team
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Aug 29, 2017
Overview of Hensoldt’s Spexer 2000 active electronically-scanned array-based Border Surveillance Radar for asymmetrical threats...
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Profile: AM General Hawkeye/HMMWV lightweight self-propelled howitzer
Quwa Team
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Jul 27, 2017
Overview of the AM General Hawkeye lightweight self-propelled howitzer platform. Uses a 105 mm Mobile Weapon System and 4x4 utility vehicle...
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Profile: BMT Defence Services Wyvern and Vidar 7 submarines
Quwa Team
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Jul 12, 2017
Overview of BMT Defence Services’ Wyvern and Vidar-7 sub-1,000-ton diesel electric submarine (SSK) platforms designed for cost-sensitive navies...
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Profile: TÜMOSAN Pusat light-armoured 4×4 vehicle
Quwa Team
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Jul 11, 2017
Overview of Tümosan’s (Türk Motor Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.) Pusat light-armoured 4x4 utility vehicle. Unveiled at IDEF 2017....
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Profile: KMDB-Malyshev Oplot main battle tank
Quwa Team
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May 7, 2017
Overview of the Oplot MBT, designed by the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau (KMDB) and manufactured by the Malyshev Factory ...
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Profile: Embraer KC-390 Multi-role Tanker & Transport aircraft
Quwa Team
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Apr 16, 2017
Overview of the Embraer KC-390 multi-role tanker and transport aircraft. ...
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Profile: STM LF-2400 Light Frigate (Turkey)
Quwa Team
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Mar 23, 2017
Overview of the specifications, capabilities and export potential of the LF-2400 Light Frigate designed by STM and Delta Marine in Turkey...
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Profile: Denel Dynamics Raptor stand-off weapon
Quwa Team
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Mar 16, 2017
Developed by Denel Dynamics, the Raptor is a glide-bomb with modular guidance options including GNSS/INS, EO/TV and IIR. It uses a 600 kg warhead. ...
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Profile: Saab Swordfish Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA)
Quwa Team
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Mar 5, 2017
Overview of the Bombardier Global Express 6000-based Saab Swordfish maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) platform. Pitched for ISR, AShW and ASW....
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Profile: Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group J-10
Quwa Team
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Oct 19, 2016
Overview of the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAIG) J-10, the People Liberation Army Air Force’s mainstay medium weight multi-role fighter......
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Profile: Denel Cheetah Counter-Rocket, Artillery & Mortar System
Quwa Team
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Oct 17, 2016
An overview of the forthcoming Denel Cheetah Counter-Rocket, Artillery & Mortar (C-RAM) System, a solution meant to intercept low-intensity artillery …...
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Profile: Turkish Aerospace Industries Anka unmanned aerial vehicle
Quwa Team
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Oct 10, 2016
The Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Anka is Turkey’s core intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)....
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Profile: MBDA Common Anti-Air Modular Missile (CAMM)
Quwa Team
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Oct 5, 2016
Overview of the MBDA Common Anti-Air Modular Missile (CAMM), a surface-to-air missile system for land and naval air defence applications....
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Profile: Roketsan TRG-122 precision-guided artillery rocket
Quwa Team
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Oct 2, 2016
An overview of Roketsan’s T-122 Sakarya multiple rocket launcher system (MRLS) and its various rockets, including the new TRG-122....
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Background: Pulse-Doppler & AESA Radars
Bilal Khan
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Mar 12, 2016
Radars are basically systems that use radio waves to detect objects. They emit radio waves in order to determine whether an object is in the sky....
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Background: Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missiles (BVRAAM)
Bilal Khan
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Jan 30, 2016
Beyond visual range air-to-air missiles (BVRAAM) are aerially launched munitions designed to engage targets in excess of 30km. ...
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Background: Helmet Mounted Display and Sight (HMD/S)
Bilal Khan
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Jan 23, 2016
Helmet mounted display and sight (HMD/S) systems are an increasingly common addition to the cockpits of modern fighter aircraft. ...
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Background: Infrared Search & Track (IRST)
Bilal Khan
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Jan 16, 2016
Although not a prevalent subsystem at present, it is worth taking a look at IRST systems as they are closely intertwined with modern......
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Background: Within Visual Range Air-to-Air Missiles (WVRAAM)
Bilal Khan
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Jan 10, 2016
In a sense, WVRAAMs are perhaps the most ubiquitous aspects of air-to-air warfare. The first widely adopted WVRAAM was the AIM-9 Sidewinder....
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The Emerging (Non-Western) Armed UAV Market
Bilal Khan
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Dec 27, 2015
Armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have seen relatively widespread adoption in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia this past year....
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Pakistan’s Shift to COIN Part 3: Infantry and Light Armoured Vehicles
Bilal Khan
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Dec 20, 2015
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 they changed over the past decade. ...
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Keep an Eye Out for the Denel Dynamics Marlin Air-to-Air Missile
Bilal Khan
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Dec 8, 2015
The new program, now designated as ‘Marlin’, is envisaged as a 100km active radar-homing air-to-air and surface-to-air missile (SAM)...
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Brimstone, JAGM and The Future of Air-to-Ground Missiles
Bilal Khan
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Dec 6, 2015
The MBDA (UK) Brimstone air-to-ground missile has taken on quite a bit of attention in recent days following Britain’s decision to deploy its combat aircraft to Syria. In fact, Prime Minister David Cameron even specifically mentioned...
Keep an Eye Out for South Korea’s FA-50 Golden Eagle
Bilal Khan
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Dec 1, 2015
The F/A-50 is the fighter derivative of the T-50. The T-50 was developed by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) with the help of Lockheed Martin. ...
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Overview of the E-8 JSTARS and its Possible Successor
Bilal Khan
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Nov 22, 2015
It has been a rocky road for the U.S Air Force (USAF) and U.S Army’s current Boeing 707-based E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) ‘replacement’ program, and it will likely remain so for the...
Keep An Eye out for South Africa’s AHRLAC
Bilal Khan
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Nov 19, 2015
The costs associated with developing effective counterinsurgency synergy are being driven down thanks in great part to systems such as the AHRLAC ...
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Keep an eye out for the CN-235 and C-295
Bilal Khan
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Nov 5, 2015
When I read on Jane’s that Airbus was planning to introduce air-to-air refueling (AAR) and extreme short take-off and landing (XTOL) capabilities to the CN-235 and C-295, I immediately felt that it was a good...
Cruise Missiles
Bilal Khan
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Oct 21, 2015
18 October 2015 By Bilal Khan Russia’s recent use of the 3M-54 Klub or Kalibr land attack cruise missile (LACM) got me thinking about the development and application of modern cruise missile technology. One of the...
Anti-Ship Missiles
Bilal Khan
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Sep 28, 2015
By Bilal Khan Anti-ship missiles (AShM) are a vital staple in the naval munitions inventory of modern militaries. As the name would probably suggest, AShMs are designed to target and sink enemy naval vessels. The concept...
Laser Guided Bombs
Bilal Khan
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Sep 14, 2015
By Bilal Khan One could look at the laser-guided bomb (LGB) as a major milestone in the development of precision-guided munitions (PGMs), especially in terms of how it advanced the use of electronics in air-to-surface munitions....
What is ‘Precision Strike?’
Bilal Khan
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Sep 12, 2015
By Bilal Khan While the concept of “precision strike” has been in use since as far back as Vietnam War, the term became popular with the advent of the first U.S invasion of Iraq in 1991...
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