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Project Azm: The expansion of Pakistan’s drone program

Pakistan is expanding its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fleet through the procurement of new medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) drones, most notably with Project Azm (resolve), under which a MALE UAV is being developed along with a fifth-generation fighter (FGF) for the Pakistan Air…

China-Pakistan Relations: Difference between ‘Allies’ and ‘Partners’

by Bilal Khan 178Views 0Likes

Introduction China is a marquee element in Pakistan’s foreign relations landscape since the 1960s, having resulted in a spate of big-ticket defence procurement and, since 2015, significant economic interaction via the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). However, with an apparent – but ultimately,…

Why Pakistan is unlikely to procure a lead-in-fighter-trainer (LIFT)

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Quwa Premium Sample: The following article is a free and complete Quwa Premium sample for all readers. At Quwa, we make a concerted effort to provide high-quality, detailed and timely research and analysis of current Pakistani defence and security issues. Although we largely rely on open…

Why is Pakistan procuring an off-the-shelf tank?

by Bilal Khan 214Views 0Likes

Introduction On January 06 photos emerged purporting that a NORINCO VT4 main battle tank (MBT) was in Pakistan, ostensibly for trials for an apparent Pakistan Army bid for an off-the-shelf MBT to augment its growing – albeit slowly – force of Heavy…

The Impact of Pakistan’s Harba dual-AShM and LACM

by Bilal Khan 207Views 0Likes

Introduction On January 03, the Pakistan Navy announced that it test-fired a new anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) with land-attack capabilities, the “Harba.” The dual-ASCM/land-attack cruise missile (LACM) was fired from an Azmat-class fast attack craft (FAC), the PNS Himmat. Seemingly based on…

Despite tension, US-Pakistan defence ties unlikely to end

by Bilal Khan 206Views 0Likes

U.S. President Donald J. Trump began 2018 with a tweet accusing Pakistan of duplicity with regards to the ongoing – and over 16-year-long – U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan.[1] Trump reiterated how the U.S. provided Pakistan with $33 billion U.S. in funding…

The Push to Boost Pakistan’s Space Program

by Bilal Khan 194Views 0Likes

Introduction In his speech during the AirTech ’17 conference in December 2017 at Air University Islamabad, the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sohail Aman, stated that Pakistan would send two astronauts into space…

Monthly Report: Pakistan Defence Review 2017

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Timely Defence News with Verified Insights Get the latest Pakistani defence news with reliable research and accurate forecasting Click Here Quwa Premium Sample: The following report is a free and complete Quwa Premium sample for all readers. At Quwa, we make a concerted effort to…

China-Pakistan Relations: Why it matters for Pakistan

by Bilal Khan 172Views 0Likes

Prologue This article is part of a series Quwa will publish under Quwa Premium through 2018. For this week, we are broadly overviewing the key aspects of Pakistan’s relations with China, which – in some respects, such as defence procurement – are…

Understanding India’s Entry into the Wassenaar Arrangement

by Bilal Khan 204Views 0Likes

Introduction On December 07, the then 41-member Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) unanimously approved of India’s entry into the WA. Like the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), which India joined in June 2016 as its 35th member, the WA is a multilateral body designed…