Pakistan’s Anti-Access/Area-Denial Options (Part 2): Submarines
The Pakistan Navy is well on its way in terms of constructing a sizable conventional submarine fleet. Its three existing Agosta 90Bs are undergoing a...
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Pakistan’s Anti-Access/Area-Denial Options (Part 1): Fast Attack Crafts
Building upon an earlier analysis of Pakistan’s limited ability to build sea-control capabilities, even with an expanded surface fleet, Quwa offers an analysis of an...
Analysis: The Pakistan Navy’s Surface Fleet Plans
In June 2018, the Pakistan Navy announced that it ordered a total of four Type 054A multi-mission frigates through China Shipbuilding Trading Co. Ltd. (CSTC)....
China is Pakistan’s Key Qualitative Driver
Today, the Armed Forces of Pakistan have at least three marquee and indispensable big-ticket weapon systems in the pipeline from China: in 2015, it inked...
Turkey’s AKP Claims Export Win Amid Economic Pressures
On 24 May, Turkey’s ruling party – the Justice and Development Party (AKP) – claimed that Pakistan signed its contract for 30 Turkish Aerospace Industries...
Analysis: Pakistan’s Type 054A Frigate Acquisition
On 01 June 2018, the Pakistan Navy (PN) and Pakistan Ministry of Defence Production (MoDP) announced that they concluded a deal with China Shipbuilding Trading...
Pakistan Signs Contract for Type 054A Frigates from China
Pakistan’s Ministry of Defence Production (MoDP) has signed a contract with China Shipbuilding Trading Co. Ltd. (CSTC) for two Type 054A multi-mission frigates. According to...
Turkey and Ukraine Proceed with An-188 Transport Aircraft Program
At Eurasia Airshow 2018 Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Ukroboronprom’s (UOP) Antonov announced that they will jointly proceed with the development and production of the...
Monthly Report: Can Offsets Work in Pakistan?
This Quwa Premium report examines the viability of commercial offsets (tied to big-ticket defence purchases) in Pakistan. In this report, Quwa briefly reviews the checkered...
Turkey gets Altay MBT rolling by selecting BMC for serial production
The Undersecretary for Defence Industries (SSM) Ismail Demir announced that the Turkish auto-manufacturer BMC was selected to mass-produce the Altay main battle tank (MBT)