Pakistan moves to patrol the Strait of Hormuz. Is Islamabad finally charging a "security premium" for the Gulf, or is it trading away its deterrence...
When the US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 18 that Pakistan “potentially could” develop ICBMs capable of...
Iranian Shahed-type loitering munitions began striking Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) targets in March 2026. The first call for counter-drone help went to Kyiv, not Islamabad....
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In the season premiere of Defence Uncut (S02E01), Bilal Khan and Arslan Khan examine the operational lessons emerging from the US-Iran war – from the...
Iran’s ongoing war with the United States and Israel has put its ballistic missile (BM)-centric defence posture in the spotlight, testing its depth and its...
In April 2018, days after India formally withdrew from the Su-57 Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) program with Russia, Quwa published an analysis that identified...
A Russian Kometa-B navigation module — first found in drones over Ukraine in December 2025 — has been recovered from the Iranian Shahed that struck...
Ukraine has deployed 201 counter-drone specialists to five Gulf countries and is offering interceptor drones costing as little as $1,000 — a fraction of the...
The US Navy retired its last four dedicated minesweepers from the Persian Gulf in September 2025. Five months later, Iran began mining the Strait of...
Pakistan's Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement with Saudi Arabia — signed in September 2025 on the principle that aggression against one is aggression against both —...
DNI Tulsi Gabbard's ICBM claim about Pakistan is a simplified misdirect. The IC's actual containment target is Pakistan's complete nuclear fuel cycle – and the...
The United States struck over 90 Iranian military sites on Kharg Island on 13 March 2026 as part of Operation Epic Fury, destroying naval mine...
Western navy chiefs have warned that the Red Sea crisis has exposed critical readiness gaps against asymmetric threats, including ballistic missiles, drones, uncrewed surface vessels...
Pakistan has escalated its military response against the Afghan Taliban through Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, conducting airstrikes across Kabul, Kandahar, Paktia, and Paktika. UNAMA reports...
Baykar unveiled its K2 long-range kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on 14 March, adding a dedicated loitering munition to the Turkish manufacturer’s expanding product line-up....
Between 2007 and 2026, the Pakistan Air Force built one of South Asia's most diversified unmanned fleets – spanning Chinese, Turkish, and domestically produced platforms....
The Pentagon and Gulf states are in talks to buy Ukrainian interceptor drones to counter Iranian Shaheds after burning through 800+ Patriot missiles in days....
The Pakistan Navy (PN) launched Operation Muhafiz-ul-Bahr on 9 March 2026 to escort Pakistani merchant vessels and protect the country’s sea lines of communication (SLOCs)...
–– The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran – which began on 28 February 2026 – have effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz, causing energy insecurity...
–– The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has put the Gulf states under direct military attack for the first time in a generation. For Pakistan, the...