Armour
Baktar Shikan Anti-Tank Guided Missile Weapon System
Baktar Shikan is a Pakistani version of the Chinese HJ-8 or Hongjian-8. Baktar Shikan is a second-generation tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided anti-tank missile. Baktar Shikan and its variants are being manufactured by NORINCO's Factory 282 and Factory 5618 in...
Air
Pakistan Inducts HQ-9P HIMADS
ARMY AIR DEFENCE CENTRE KARACHI
SINDH
The Pakistan Army today commissioned the HQ-9P High to Medium Air Defense System (HIMADS) into service with the 4th HIMADS Regiment, Army Air Defense Command. Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army, General Qamar...
Armour
Pakistan Army’s T-80UD MBT: Modernization Program
Ukraine’s Malyshev State Enterprise has begun modernization of Pakistan's T-80UD tanks.
The contract between Ukrspetsexport and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was signed in February at the IDEX-2021 International Arms Exhibition for a $85.6 million.
The upgradation process will include a...
Armour
Specifications of Pakistan Army’s Type-85UG Main Battle Tank
The Type-85 is a medium role main battle tank based on the Type-80 chassis which itself was China's attempt in creating a new MBT from scratch instead of copying Russian designs. It is a second generation MBT developed in...
Air
Predominant Weapons Systems of Pakistan Armed Forces at Pakistan Day Parade
Shahpar-II MALE UAV
The GIDS Shahpar II is a medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) tactical UAV.
Operations
It provides SATCOM & Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) roles with endurance of 14+ hours & a service ceiling of 20,000 ft.
Payloads are available for reconnaissance...
Artillery
Exclusive: Fatah-1 Guided Multi-Launch Rocket System
Before reaching the current stage of modern self-propelled howitzers, Automated Towed Howitzers, Fire Control Radar’s, Metrological and target acquisition Radar’s, and various types of ammunition (high Explosive, Anti-Tank, Guided Missiles, Rocket Artillery), the concept has come a long way...
Air
Explained: Pakistan’s Missiles, Why We Test Them?
As defense analysts, this question is a no-brainer. Our missiles are an essential component of our defense strategy and provide us with round-the-clock strategic capabilities to protect our sovereignty against all aggression from the outside. So, it is only...
Land
Pakistan-Turkey Bilateral Military Exercise ATATURK-2021
Pakistan-Turkey bilateral military exercises ATATURK-2021 were conducted at SSG Special Operation School in Tarbela, KPK, Pakistan. Turkish special forces are in Pakistan for a three-week exercise with the Pakistani Special Services Group.
The purpose of the exercise is to develop...
Air
Shaheen-3 Missile Test: Why Did We Test?
In January 2021, Pakistan tested Medium Range Ballistic Missile Shaheen-III (capable of strategic warheads) and immediately we observed intense disinformation and propaganda campaigns against the test from the other side of the border. It was observed that Indian accounts...
Air
Pakistan procures CASC Rainbow (CAI HONG) CH-4 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
Pakistan has procured around 12-24 CH-4 attack and reconnaissance drones, a mixture of CH-4A (unarmed Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance, ISR versions) and CH-4B (armed attack drones, UCAV versions). Delivery of the drones began in the last week of January 2021.
The...
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Adnan Afridi: A Hero’s Sacrifice
Name: Adnan Afridi
Profession: Policeman
Rank: Additional SHO
Hometown: KPK Pakistan
Date of Shahadat: 25th July 2023
Place of Shahadat: Masjid in Jamrud KPK
In the rugged landscapes of rural KPK, Pakistan, a...