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Pakistan’s $10.76 Billion Defence Budget, PNS Hangor, and the FCAS Collapse

Pakistan's record $10.76B defence budget for 2026-27 is up nearly 18% — but is it the J-35 evidence everyone wants? Defence Uncut decodes where the money really goes.

Pakistan Announces 17.65% Defence Budget Increase, Gains Constrained by Weaker Rupee

Pakistan's PKR 3 trillion (about $10.76 billion U.S.) defence budget for 2026-2027 is the largest it has ever set in dollar terms. But a weakening rupee, an import-priced procurement bill,…

Beyond Denial: How Hangor Anchors Pakistan’s 11-Submarine Roadmap to Build the Region’s Most Feared Underwater Fleet

Ukraine’s New $1M Ballistic Interceptor Could Upend the Cost of Modern Warfare

Ukraine's Fire Point has reworked its FP-7 ballistic missile into the low-cost FP-7.x interceptor at the heart of Project Freya. The deeper lesson for Pakistan lies less in the missile…

Pakistan’s Nuclear Program Was Never Just a Weapons Grab

Pakistan’s Real Problem Isn’t Money — It’s That It Stopped Bargaining

NASTP Is the Pakistan Air Force’s Lead Integrator

Across new radars, loitering munitions, electronic warfare, and airframe upgrades, NASTP has emerged as the Pakistan Air Force's lead design and integration vendor – while PAC returns to the maintenance…

Is Pakistan’s NASTP Upgrading the PAF’s Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C?

A still from a recent PAF promotional video suggests that NASTP is studying a structural upgrade of the Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C. Quwa examines what the front-fuselage changes might involve…

Is Russia’s Air Defence Deal With the Taliban a Threat to Pakistan?

Analysis: How Pakistan Can Build a Stealth ‘Loyal Wingman’ Drone

India Finalizes Letter of Request for 114 Rafale Fighters

India has finalised the Letter of Request for 114 Dassault Rafale fighters — valued at ₹3.25 lakh crore (~$38B) — with dispatch to France expected within weeks. Nearly 90 aircraft…

U.S. Army Tests IonStrike Counter-Drone Interceptor on NATO’s Eastern Flank