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"With Pakistan soon to acquire eight Chinese Yuan class submarines between 2023-2028, pressure has mounted on Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) to conclude a deal for building three additional diesel-electric Kalvari class submarines with French Naval Group this year so that its submarine building capacity (currently 11) does not turn idle by the end of the year.MDL is giving finishing touches to
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un during an inspection run at a missile factory in PyongyangNew York: The foreign ministers of Quad group – which includes India, Australia, Japan and the United States – have reiterated their commitment to the complete denuclearisation of North Korea and have pushed North Korea for compliance with UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs).“We reaffirm our
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry dismissed a report claiming that the country sold its weapons to Ukraine to secure an emergency bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).Responding to media queries on the Intercept story alleging the sale of Pakistani weapons to Ukraine, the spokesperson for the country’s Foreign Ministry said the report was "baseless and fabricated".
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday held a discussion with Vice President of People’s Republic of China (PRC), Han Zheng on high-level engagements between the two nations to maintain open lines of communication.The two senior officials met on the margins of the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York City.The US State Department’s official spokesperson Matthew
US bought arms and ordinance from Pakistan to give them to Ukraine in exchange of IMF bailout. IMF bailout helped Pakistan avert economic crisis. The deal says Pakistan supplied weapons to Ukraine until the Spring of 2023A secret arms deal with the United States helped Pakistan to secure the bailout from the International Monetary Fund, a report said on Sunday citing internal government
Pakistan has a stockpile of approximately 170 nuclear warheads which could realistically grow to around 200 by 2025 at the current growth rate, according to top American atomic scientists. "We estimate that Pakistan now has a nuclear weapons stockpile of approximately 170 warheads.The US Defence Intelligence Agency projected in 1999 that Pakistan would have 60 to 80 warheads by 2020, but several
According to a tweet published by Umair Aslam on July 20, 2023, the Pakistan Navy has formally integrated PNS Tippu Sultan (FF-263) and PNS Shah Jahan (FFG-264) into its Surface Fleet.The Tughril class frigate displaces 4,200 tonnes (4,100 long tons) and measures 134 meters (439 feet 8 inches) in length, with a beam of 16 meters (52 feet 6 inches). The propulsion system operates on a CODAD
Tokyo: The South Korean military on Wednesday said that it had salvaged the wreckage of a North Korean spy satellite that had been launched in May but had crashed into the Yellow Sea, concluding that it had "no military utility," Kyodo News reported.According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, scientists from South Korea and the United States conducted an analysis of the wreckage and
Islamabad: The military cooperation between China and Pakistan is "extensive and deep." The ongoing political and economic upheaval in Pakistan is unlikely to affect the military relationship between China and Pakistan, Observer Research Foundation reported.The depth of cooperation between China and Pakistan can be assumed by Wang Yi, who was China’s erstwhile foreign minister and now director of
Pakistan’s defence spending is now 1.7 per cent of its GDP, showing a decline compared to last yearThe Pakistan government has proposed a roughly 16 per cent increase in the defence budget as the country continues to face internal and external security challenges, the media reported.Interestingly, all three services—Army, Navy, Air Force—were given an equal increase in the budget, although the