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Pakistan’s Nuclear Program Was Never Just a Weapons Grab

For close to three decades, the conventional account of Pakistan’s nuclear program has rested on a single premise: that Pakistan acquired the bomb through procurement, smuggling, and borrowed technology, whereas India reached the same destination by way of a broad, rules-bound, energy-first program that happened, almost incidentally, to yield weapons. Dr. Mansoor Ahmed regards that … Read more

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June 9, 2026
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Pakistan’s Real Problem Isn’t Money — It’s That It Stopped Bargaining

Every big question on the latest Defence Uncut — should Pakistan buy a stealth fighter? why can’t it afford more J-10s? — eventually collapses into one uncomfortable answer. Pakistan does not have a money problem. It has a bargaining problem. It hands over security, trade routes and goodwill, and walks away with far less than … Read more

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June 8, 2026
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Is Pakistan’s NASTP Upgrading the PAF’s Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C?

A still from a recent PAF promotional video suggests that NASTP is studying a structural upgrade of the Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C. Quwa examines what the front-fuselage changes might involve – from an ESM/ELINT fit to a longer-term GaN radar retrofit – and why the most accurate framing is a mid-life update.

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June 2, 2026
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Is Russia’s Air Defence Deal With the Taliban a Threat to Pakistan?

On May 27, 2026, Russia and the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan signed a military-technical cooperation agreement at a security forum outside Moscow, following talks between Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu and the Afghan defence minister, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid. The specific terms were not made public, but the framework reportedly covers air defence equipment, … Read more

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June 2, 2026
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Analysis: How Pakistan Can Build a Stealth ‘Loyal Wingman’ Drone

A pragmatic alternative to a fifth-generation fighter is taking shape — and a 2021 Quwa analysis predicted much of it. A new Pulse Check episode revisits the argument with the benefit of hindsight. For more than a decade, Pakistan’s ambition to field a homegrown stealth fighter under Project Azm has run up against an uncomfortable … Read more

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May 29, 2026
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