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Anti-Ship Missiles

by Bilal Khan September 28, 2015 3447Views 0Comments

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 of a guided anti-ship munition (and guided munition…

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Egypt to Buy Mistral Helicopter Carriers

by Bilal Khan September 27, 2015 3361Views 0Comments

26 September 2015 By Bilal Khan The French President Francois Hollande confirmed that Egypt is looking to buy the two Mistral-class helicopter carrier and amphibious assault ships from France. The two ships were originally built for Russia, but due to the ongoing…

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Why is Pakistan looking at the Su-35?

by Bilal Khan September 19, 2015 3365Views 2Comments

By Bilal Khan 19 September 2015 It has been an interesting month for Russian-Pakistani relations. On the heels of a successfully concluded sale of an initial batch of four Mi-35 attack helicopters to Pakistan, reports about possible aircraft sales to Pakistan, most notably the…

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Su-35 to Pakistan? Maybe. Maybe Not…

by Bilal Khan September 11, 2015 3280Views 6Comments

By Bilal Khan On September 9th 2015 the news agency Sputnik International reported (link) that the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) was in talks with Russia for the purchase of the Sukhoi Su-35. Dawn News picked up the story the following day (link). The…

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Su-35 to Pakistan? Probably Not.

by Bilal Khan September 4, 2015 3324Views 0Comments

By Bilal Khan As with the Yak-130 story, there are reports floating around claiming that Pakistan may be interested in the Sukhoi Su-35, Russia’s current 4+/4.5 generation fighter. The short of my point is that it is very unlikely that Pakistan will pick…

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The JF-17 IV: Tomorrow’s Weapon Systems

by Bilal Khan September 4, 2015 3605Views 9Comments

By Bilal Khan The previous part of Quwa’s JF-17 series outlined the major changes coming to the platform via the development of JF-17 Block-3. Whereas the JF-17 of today is a significant improvement for the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in terms of being…

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First Hints of AESA Radar on JF-17 Block-III?

by Bilal Khan August 24, 2015 3309Views 0Comments

By Bilal Khan DefenseNews published an interesting article the other day about a Chinese firm, NAV Technology, putting out a marketing document showing a fighter radar that is identical to the Israeli Elta ELM-2052 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. I am not…

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With Mi-35 Pakistan Modernizes Fleet

by Bilal Khan August 21, 2015 3368Views 0Comments

By Bilal Khan In April the U.S Defense Security Cooperation Agency sent Congress a request to approve a near $1bn US sale involving AH-1Z 'Viper' attack helicopters and 1000 AGM-114R Hellfire II missiles to the Pakistan Army. Around this time the Pakistan Army…

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The JF-17 II: Introducing BVR & Precision Strike

by Bilal Khan August 21, 2015 3871Views 1Comment

By Bilal Khan In my previous piece I took a high level look at the JF-17 program, and in broad strokes I identified the improvements it brought (and will continue) to bring to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). With this article, I am…

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The Dangers of Ignoring the Navy

by Bilal Khan August 14, 2015 3010Views 1Comment

By Bilal Khan Muhammad Ali Ehsan, a retired Pakistan Army lieutenant-colonel posted a thoughtful piece on the Express Tribune the other day that I found quite interesting. Essentially a response to the Sino-Pak submarine deal (reportedly valued at $4 to $5 billion US),…