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Report: Industrial Reality Will Dictate Pakistan’s Conventional Deterrence Credibility Plus Pro

An analysis of the ARFC's challenges in building a credible stockpile to sustain a genuine wartime effect.


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Pakistan’s new Army Rocket Force Command (ARFC) is a logical doctrinal step after the May 2025 crisis: build a clear, conventional deep-strike option that deters near-border BrahMos salvos without triggering nuclear ambiguity. But a command is not a capability. Credibility hinges on magazines, production cadence, and targeting, none of which exist at scale today. For the broader context of how ARFC underpins a conventional deterrence posture, see this analysis.

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