Cheap Cruise Missiles? Inside Pakistan’s Strategic Shift to Jet-Powered Attack Drones Pro
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The ‘Look West’ Shift: Is Pakistan Sacrificing Deterrence Against India for the Gulf? Plus Pro
Pakistan moves to patrol the Strait of Hormuz. Is Islamabad finally charging a "security premium" for the Gulf, or is it trading away its deterrence...
Defence Uncut Breaks Down the Islamabad Talks, Pakistan’s Gulf Security Play, and What Comes Next in the Iran-US War
The Islamabad talks between the United States and Iran ended without a deal on Sunday, April 12, after 21 hours of negotiations at the Serena...
Pakistan’s Iran Mediation and the Renewed Push to ‘Look West’ Plus Pro
Pakistan brokered a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran on 8 April 2026, with US-Iran talks set to begin in Islamabad on 10...
The Real Reason Washington is Sounding the Alarm on Pakistan’s Missiles (It’s Not ICBMs)
When the US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 18 that Pakistan “potentially could” develop ICBMs capable of...
The GCC’s First Call: Why Ukraine, Not Pakistan, Is Now Defending Saudi Skies Plus Pro
Iranian Shahed-type loitering munitions began striking Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) targets in March 2026. The first call for counter-drone help went to Kyiv, not Islamabad....
Demand Tracker: Pakistan’s Evolving C-UAS Requirement (2026) Pro
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Lessons from the Strait: How Iranian Shahed Drones are Rewriting the Rules of Defence
In the season premiere of Defence Uncut (S02E01), Bilal Khan and Arslan Khan examine the operational lessons emerging from the US-Iran war – from the...
Lessons from Iran: Could Pakistan Emulate Iran’s Ballistic Missile Strategy? Plus Pro
Iran’s ongoing war with the United States and Israel has put its ballistic missile (BM)-centric defence posture in the spotlight, testing its depth and its...
Pakistan’s Saudi Defence Pact Faces Its First Wartime Test — and the Stakes Go Far Beyond Iran Plus Pro
Pakistan's Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement with Saudi Arabia — signed in September 2025 on the principle that aggression against one is aggression against both —...