From the category archives:

Defence

PAF – SPADA 2000 Air Defence System – Details and Specs

July 22, 2010

Pakistan has acquired SPADA 2000 Advanced Air Defence System.PAF ordered the Spada 2000 air defence systems with 750 Aspide 2000 missiles in 2007 from Italy. Pakistan is reported to test the Spada 2000 air defence system during this month , followed by deliveries of first of ten batteries. Deliveries of all ten batteries are reported [...]

Read the full article →

Pakistan 15th in World Military Strength Rankings

July 5, 2010

Pakistan is ranked 15th most powerful military in the world according to Global Firepower, a website  that ranks  military strengths of various countries as per their set criteria. Its bit of disappointment as i was looking forward to seeing Pakistan in the top 10, since we have invested so much over the years in making [...]

Read the full article →

Pakistan ISI Backs Taliban: Claims LSE Report by Matt Waldman

June 13, 2010

The never ending propaganda against our ISI continues unabated. Today a famous British educational institution London School of Economics has joined the campaign by publishing a report stating that Pakistan ISI has strong links with the Afghan Taliban groups.  The report is published by Matt Waldman of Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School [...]

Read the full article →

Defense Budget 2010-2011 of Pakistan – Analysis and Comparison

June 5, 2010

Pakistan Defense Budget is as much important as the remaining budget since our Defense budget make up a huge part of our national budget. In year 2009, Pakistan Defense Budget was approx Rs 343 billion which was later on increased to Rs 378 billion because of the increasing cost of War on Terror. Today Government [...]

Read the full article →

Pakistan JF-17 to Participate in Farnborough Air Show in UK

June 2, 2010

Pakistan first indigenous  multi role fighter aircraft JF 17 is expected to participate in one of the most prestigious Farnborough International Air Show in United Kingdom that will be held from 19th July, 2010 till 25th July 2010. We have earlier written about the JF 17 aircraft in our blog posts here and here. Farnborough [...]

Read the full article →

Join Pakistan Air Force – Technical Side

May 29, 2010

In this post i will give you the basic information on how to join Pakistan Air Force (PAF) as commisioned officer. In PAF you will be either joining in as a GD or a Technician. In this artical we are focussing on the technical side of things. For starters lets analyze the courses available in [...]

Read the full article →

Burraq : Pakistans First Armed UAV (Drone)

May 25, 2010

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV; also known as a remotely piloted vehicle or RPV, or Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)) is an aircraft that flies without a human crew on board the aircraft. It surely forms part of the next generation of Modern warfare, where human presence in the battlefield is minimal.Pakistan over the years have [...]

Read the full article →

Two Bell 412 EP Helicopters Donated to Pak Government by US

May 19, 2010

The US Government has donated two Bell 412 EP (Enhanced Performance) helicopters to Pakistan Government to help them in their counter insurgency efforts. The Bell 412 EP helicopters are part of the Pakistan Military modernization plans. The military is expected to acquire a total of 26 Bell 412 EP helicopters beside numerous other equipment from [...]

Read the full article →

P-3C Orion – Anti Submarine Aircrafts Joins Pakistan Forces

April 30, 2010

Pakistan Armed Forces received new batch of P-3C Reconaissance aircrafts from United States. Pakistan received the surveillance maritime aircraft in Jacksonville, Florida, at a ceremony, attended by Vice Admiral Shahid Iqbal HI (M), chief of staff Pakistan Navy, Islamabad’s ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani and senior US Naval officers. Being a critical anti-terrorism [...]

Read the full article →

Pakistani Women in Armed Forces – Second To None

April 16, 2010

I have collected some photographs of Pakistani women in Uniform from the web. They surely are second to none. As Pakistan is moving forward socially, the need for gender equality and women empowerment is more and more coming to the forefront. In the past Pakistani women in Armed forces were mostly performing the support role. [...]

Read the full article →

Azm-e-Nau 3 : Military Excercise By Pakistan Armed Forces

April 15, 2010

Pakistan Military forces are holding War Games titled ‘AZM-E-NAU 3′ near the eastern border areas of Punjab. The biggest Army Field Exercise is being held from 10 April to 13 May 2010 and 20,000 officers and jawans of Pakistan Army would participate in these exercises. Azm-e-Nau-3 military exercise is really an operational exercise behalf of [...]

Read the full article →

The Victory Celebration – Pakistan Army Captures Bajaur

March 5, 2010

In this picture post you can see the local lashkar dancing as Pakistan Army captured Bajaur. Its a historic moment for Pakistan as never has Pakistani flag hoisted in that region of FATA. Lashkar that was supporting Pakistan Armed Forces are seen dancing as Pakistan Army routed Al Qaeda and the Taliban from one of [...]

Read the full article →

PAF Eyeing J-10 or FC-20 Fighter Jets From China

December 19, 2009

China and Pakistan over the years have forged a formidable partnership in high-tech defense production. The recent revelation that the Chinese have agreed to the sale of 36 J-10B (FC-20) fighter jets to Pakistan is another sign of this ever growing partnership between the two Nuclear armed neighbors. China’s sale of the J-10 fighters to [...]

Read the full article →

Join ISI : Pakistan’s Elite Intelligence Service

December 19, 2009

I was searching for a long time about the steps/criteria involved in joining Pakistan elite intelligence services known as the ‘ISI’. So here is what i have found out from different forums and sources; please feel free to add if you have any points. First of all lets explore what ISI is all about and [...]

Read the full article →