An analysis of the ARFC’s challenges in building a credible stockpile to sustain a genuine wartime effect.
In this week’s episode of Defence Uncut, we shift our focus to the Pakistan Navy (PN) and the significant strategic implications of its forthcoming Hangor-class submarines.
With China launching the third boat, PNS Mangro, the program is gaining momentum, setting the stage…
Speaking with Quwa, GIDS CEO Asad Kamal highlighted that “collaboration between the Turkish and Pakistani industry has much more potential than where it is today,”
On 15 August 2025, Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group Company Ltd launched the Pakistan Navy’s (PN) third Hangor-class air-independent propulsion (AIP)-equipped submarine (SSP) from the Shuangliu Base in Wuhan, China.
The Pakistan Army has officially inducted its first units of Z-10ME attack helicopters, closing a complex and often-frustrated search for a new gunship that spanned nearly 15 years.
The arrival of this modern Chinese platform is more than a simple hardware replacement…
US policies in 2016-2017 prompted Pakistani defence planners to largely shut American – and many European – vendors out of the Pakistani defence market.
The Pakistan Army Aviation Corps (PAA) has officially inducted the Z-10ME-02 attack helicopter, finally turning a page on the PAA’s decade-plus long effort to start replacing its legacy Bell AH-1F/S Cobras.
The short-to-medium-range air defence layer is now an urgent, acknowledged gap for both the Army and the Air Force.
In the race to develop a next-generation Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV), the focus is often on the stealthy airframe. But the platform’s true effectiveness – and its greatest vulnerability – lies in a component that is frequently overlooked: its tactical data-link.
In our latest episode of Defence Uncut, a few interesting news items crossed our desk, from potential maintenance deals with South Africa to the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) next-generation fighter aircraft (NGFA) plans.
Perhaps most notably, the visit of the Pakistan Air…