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Pakistan Defence Review: News/Procurement Updates

by Bilal Khan April 30, 2018 1048Views 0Comments

This is a review of ancillary Pakistani defence news topics with short-hand analysis to provide clarity and context. Pakistan announced that it will increase its defence budget by 19.6% – i.e. to PKR 1.1 trillion (i.e. $9.6 billion US); Pakistan Public Sector…

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Pakistan Defence Review: News/Procurement Updates

by Bilal Khan April 30, 2018 169Views 0Comments

This is a review of main and ancillary Pakistani defence news topics along with short-hand analysis to offer clarity and context: Pakistan announced its defence budget for 2018-2019; the Public Sector Development Program’s (PSDP) budget includes an increased budget for the Space…

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Pakistan Navy Fleet Tanker Completes First Survey in the Indian Ocean

by Bilal Khan April 12, 2018 1197Views 0Comments

Turkish defence contractor Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik ve Tic. A.Ş. (STM) announced that the Pakistan Navy Fleet Tanker (PNFT) – PNS Moawin – conducted its first survey mission in the Indian Ocean on 31 March 2018.

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Pakistan’s Interest in Russian Arms (Part 2): Air Defence Systems

by Bilal Khan April 9, 2018 228Views 0Comments

Pakistan’s Minister of Defence (MoD) Khurram Dastgir Khan was quoted by the Russian News Agency RIA Novosti that Pakistan had begun negotiating with Russia for various big-ticket armaments, including T-90 main battle tanks (MBT), Su-35 fighters and unspecified air defence systems. Speaking…

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Monthly Report: Why the MILGEM Ada?

by Bilal Khan March 31, 2018 160Views 0Comments

Pakistan has been negotiating with Turkey’s Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) and its defence contractor - Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik ve Ticaret A.Ş. (STM) – for the purchase of four MILGEM Ada corvettes since June 2016. Pakistan had formally requested the corvettes with…

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Pakistan Defence Review: News/Procurement Updates

by Bilal Khan March 31, 2018 179Views 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 174Views 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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Pakistan Air Force’s No. 88 squadron converts to AW139

by Bilal Khan March 4, 2018 1253Views 0Comments

The Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) No. 88 Search & Rescue (SAR) Squadron has formally commissioned the PAF’s newly procured Leonardo AW139.

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Pakistan signs contract to upgrade second Agosta 90B

by Bilal Khan February 28, 2018 1149Views 59Comments

According to an announcement by the Turkish defence contractor Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik ve Ticaret A.Ş. (STM) on 28 February, Pakistan has signed the contract to upgrade the Pakistan Navy’s second (of three) Agosta 90B submarines. This follows an announcement in November 2016 by…

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Pakistan’s MoDP met Turkish, Dutch ambassadors, Ukrainian officials

by Bilal Khan February 18, 2018 1192Views 14Comments

Pakistan’s Minister of Defence Production (MoDP) Rana Tanveer Hussain met with the Ambassadors of Turkey, Ukraine and the Netherlands this past week.