Missile Proliferation

Pakistan’s Chinese-Built Hangor Submarines Outmatched by India’s Cutting-Edge Anti-Submarine Warfare Dominance, Risk Premature Obsolescence

The erstwhile INS Ajay decommissioned in 2022 which will be replaced with newly launched craftPakistan’s Chinese-built Hangor-class submarines face significant challenges against India’s superior anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities, making them increasingly vulnerable and potentially obsolete before full deployment.Although Pakistan’s $5-billion investment in these diesel-electric

July 26, 2025
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Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir Visits China, Holds Talks With Chinese Leaders

Pakistan Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, undertook a high-profile visit to Beijing in July 2025, which drew considerable attention from India, given its timing and strategic context.Munir’s visit came shortly after heightened hostilities between India and Pakistan following India’s Operation Sindoor, and at a moment when Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, was

July 26, 2025
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IAF Looking To Acquire 2-3 Squadrons of Fifth-Generation Fighter Jets From Foreign Sources

India’s cabinet faces a time-compressed decision: whether to import two to
three squadrons foreign fifth-generation combat aircraft—roughly 40-60 jets—to
shore up an increasingly thin fighter inventory until the indigenous Advanced
Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) finally joins the fleet in the mid-2030s,
according to a report by ANI.

Washington has floated the F-35A

July 25, 2025
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Pakistan’s Missile-Drone Supplier Turkey Now Has A Hypersonic Missile: All About Tayfun Block-4

Turkey has unveiled its first hypersonic missile, the Tayfun Block-4, at the International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF) 2025 in Istanbul, marking a significant milestone in its defence capabilities. Developed indigenously by the Turkish defence firm Roketsan, the Tayfun Block 4 is a hypersonic ballistic missile weighing approximately 2,300 kilograms (about 7 tons according to some reports)

July 23, 2025
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Pakistan’s Test of Its Claimed MIRV Capable Ababeel Ballistic Missile Fails

On July 20, 2025, Pakistan conducted a test of its long-range ballistic missile, the Ababeel, which ended in failure. The missile suffered a critical malfunction, with damage to the wreckage indicating either a propulsion system failure or an in-flight structural breakdown.The debris from the missile crash-landed near a village in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan, causing concern among

July 23, 2025
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China Resupplies HQ-16 Air Defence Missiles To Pakistan, After Indian Armed Forces Destroyed Most of Pak’s Air Defence System

Operation Sindoor marked a pivotal moment in South Asia’s security architecture. Triggered by the brutal terrorist attack in Pahalgam by Pakistani terrorists, the Indian Armed Forces launched a series of precision strikes targeting nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), focused attacks on critical Pakistani airbases—including Noor Khan, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur, and

July 17, 2025
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Concern For India As Debt Diplomacy Sees Bangladesh, Pakistan Converge With China

China’s growing footprint in Pakistan and Bangladesh, coupled with Turkey’s inroads into Dhaka, could pull India into increasingly tricky diplomatic terrainChina’s debt diplomacy has created a significant strategic challenge for India, as Beijing’s expanding influence over both Pakistan and Bangladesh is reshaping the geopolitical landscape in South Asia. This convergence, recently highlighted by

July 12, 2025
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Beijing, Ankara Hail PAF’s Combat Edge Amid Tensions With India

Senior defence officials from China and Turkey publicly commended the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) for its combat performance and operational readiness following a four-day conflict with India in May. These rare, coordinated endorsements came during high-level visits to Air Headquarters in Islamabad, where both Chinese and Turkish delegations praised the PAF’s “decisive” and “battle-proven”

July 11, 2025
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Should India Be Worried About Pakistan’s Chinese J-35 Stealth Jets? A Strategic Analysis

Pakistan’s impending acquisition of Chinese J-35 stealth fighter jets represents a potentially game-changing development in South Asian air power dynamics, threatening to erode India’s long-held aerial superiority advantage. The implications of this strategic shift extend far beyond simple aircraft numbers, fundamentally altering the regional military balance and forcing India to reassess its

June 21, 2025
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40 China J-35 Jets For Pak, India’s 5th Gen Decade Away: IAF Veterans Weigh In

China is reportedly set to supply 40 Shenyang J-35 fifth-generation stealth fighter jets to Pakistan, marking a significant shift in the region’s air power dynamics. The J-35, also known in its export version as the FC-31, is a twin-engine, multirole stealth fighter equipped with advanced avionics, an active electronically scanned array radar, electro-optical targeting, and infrared

June 20, 2025
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