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Turkey Books $3 billion in Pakistani Defence Deals

by Bilal Khan July 22, 2018 169Views 0Comments

Between 2016 and 2018, Turkey booked nearly $3 billion US in big-ticket defence sales to Pakistan, with items ranging from 30 T129 ATAK attack helicopters, four MILGEM Ada corvettes, a subsystems upgrade for Pakistan’s three Agosta 90B submarines and a spate of…

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Pakistan’s Anti-Access/Area-Denial Options (Part 3): ISR & Net-Warfare

by Bilal Khan July 1, 2018 1273Views 0Comments

The capacity to effectively undertake stand-off range targeting – especially by networking sensors to offboard munitions – along with building a comprehensive situational awareness capability is essential to Pakistan’s anti-access and area-denial (A2/AD) efforts. Not only would investment in this realm allow…

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Pakistan’s Anti-Access/Area-Denial Options (Part 3): ISR & Net-Warfare

by Bilal Khan July 1, 2018 178Views 0Comments

The capacity to effectively undertake stand-off range targeting – especially by networking sensors to offboard munitions – along with building a comprehensive situational awareness capability is essential to Pakistan’s anti-access and area-denial (A2/AD) efforts. Not only would investment in this realm allow…

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Pakistan’s Interest in Russian Arms (Part 3): Helicopters

by Bilal Khan April 15, 2018 174Views 0Comments

Though it was not mentioned by the Pakistani Minister of Defence, Khurram Dastgir Khan, in his comments to the Russian News Agency RIA Novosti, helicopters are an issue of mutual interest between Russia and Pakistan. The Pakistan Army Aviation Corps (PAA) and…

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Pakistan Defence Review: News/Procurement Updates

by Bilal Khan March 31, 2018 181Views 0Comments

This is a review of ancillary Pakistani defence news topics with short-hand analysis to provide clarity and context. In March 2018: 3 Turkish T129 attack helicopters took part at the Pakistan Day Parade; ASELPOD spotted on the JF-17; the JF-17 participating in…

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Analyzing the SIPRI Report on Pakistani Defence Procurement

by Bilal Khan March 18, 2018 175Views 0Comments

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released its research on worldwide defence procurement activities from 2013 to 2017. Quwa analyzes SIPRI’s findings regarding the reduction in Pakistan’s defence imports, touching upon structural economic woes and apparent adjustment in national security priorities.

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Monthly Report: The JF-17 in 2017 and Outlook for 2018

by Bilal Khan March 1, 2018 172Views 0Comments

Quwa Premium’s Monthly Report for February 2018 provides a detailed overview of the leading events affecting the development of the Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) JF-17 Thunder multi-role fighter program. It starts with discussing the factors that led to the development of the…

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AHRLAC proposes Bronco II for the US market

by Bilal Khan February 22, 2018 1397Views 1Comment

The newly formed company Bronco Combat Systems (BCS) is proposing a variant of the Paramount Group AHRLAC, designated Bronco II, for the American market, including the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) lightweight ground-attack aircraft program, the OA-X. Named after the OV-10 Bronco, a twin-engine…

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Pakistan prepares for inducting AH-1Z attack helicopters

by Bilal Khan February 20, 2018 1505Views 27Comments

The Pakistan Army’s Military Engineer Services branch released a tender for the construction of a hangar and other ground facilities for the Textron Bell AH-1Z Viper.

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Pakistan Army Aviation’s High-Altitude Capabilities

by Bilal Khan February 20, 2018 185Views 0Comments

The Airbus Helicopters H125M Fennec forms the mainstay of the Pakistan Army Aviation Corps’ (PAA) high-altitude operations fleet. On 26 January 2018, two PAA H125Ms were deployed to execute the rescue of two European climbers on Nanga Parbat, requiring both aircraft to…