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JF-17 Block-3 Production Crosses 20 Units

Bilal Khan On 11 July, footage emerged of a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) JF-17C Block-III with the serial number “323” – i.e., the 23rd Block-III unit. This indicates that production of the Block-III has crossed 20 units and is…

Pakistan Receives First Yarmook-Class Batch-II OPV (PNS Hunain)

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Bilal Khan On 26 July, the Pakistan Navy (PN) announced that it took delivery of its third Yarmook-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) , PNS Hunain, from Damen Group’s shipyard in Galati, Romania. As of 09 August, PNS Hunain was en-route to…

Pakistan Air Force to Lean More on Electronic Warfare

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Bilal Khan In early 2024, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) revealed its ongoing work to make electronic warfare (EW) a central aspect of its air warfare doctrine ( see Quwa’s report on the PAF for more details ). This shift is…

Industry Report: Pakistan’s Electronic Warfare Systems

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Quwa Team This report was written by open-source intelligence (OSINT) analyst Farooq (whose other work can be found on X). As the lines between traditional warfare and counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (C-UAV) operations blur, integrated electronic warfare (EW) systems have emerged as essential…

How Pakistan Can Emulate Russia’s Use of Ballistic Missiles

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Bilal Khan On 02 July, Russia said that it destroyed five Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 Flanker fighter aircraft by using the Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile (TBM). The TBM strikes took place at Myrhorod airfield, which is located in Ukraine’s central Poltava region.…

Image showing four Pakistani loitering munitions, including the KaGeM V3, MP-300, MP-152, and Xpear MX-150.

Pakistan Increasingly Leans on Loitering Munitions

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Bilal Khan In 2021, Quwa wrote an article inferring that Pakistan will likely adopt a loitering munitions strategy . Nearly four years later, it is evident that Pakistan is acquiring a wide range of loitering munitions and, that too with a…

Pakistan Looks to Increase Annual Defence Budget

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Bilal Khan In its upcoming fiscal budget for 2024 to 2025, the Pakistani government proposed allocating PKR 2.12 trillion to the country’s armed forces . If finalized, this would be a 17.6% increase over last year’s defence budget, which stood at…

Pakistan’s New Communications Satellite – PakSat MM1

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Bilal Khan On 30 May, China’s Xichang Satellite Launch Centre sent Pakistan’s newest communications satellite into orbit using its LM-3B satellite-launch vehicle (SLV). Designated the PakSat-MM1 (previously, it was known as the PakSat-MM1R), the new satellite will be ready for operations by…

PNS Babur: Pakistan’s New Corvette Sets Sail for Home

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Bilal Khan ASFAT A.S. (Military Factory and Shipyard Management) announced that the Pakistan Navy’s (PN) lead MILGEM corvett e – PNS Babur – has set sail to join the PN fleet. PNS Babur was launched from Istanbul Naval Shipyard (INSY) for sea…

Pakistan Navy Hints Need for Dedicated Nuclear Asset

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On a show on Pakistan’s state-owned television network, PTV, two retired Pakistan Navy (PN) officials – Vice Admiral Ahmed Saeed and Rear Admiral Saleem Akhtar – discussed the PN’s ongoing acquisition of Hangor-class (S26) submarines from China. Adm. Saeed…