Pakistan Navy

Pakistan Navy Tests Extended-Range Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile from Corvette

The Pakistan Navy tested what appears to be an extended-range variant of the SMASH (P282) anti-ship ballistic missile from a Babur-class (MILGEM) corvette – the first known ASBM firing from a corvette-class platform. The test points to a wider shift in how Pakistan is building a scalable, domestically produced strike mix.

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April 21, 2026
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Hormuz in the Crosshairs: How Pakistan is Shielding Its Trade from the US-Iran War

The Pakistan Navy (PN) launched Operation Muhafiz-ul-Bahr on 9 March 2026 to escort Pakistani merchant vessels and protect the country’s sea lines of communication (SLOCs) amid the ongoing disruption to the Strait of Hormuz. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the PN is conducting escort operations in close coordination with the Pakistan National Shipping … Read more

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March 10, 2026
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Why Pakistan is Urgently Moving Toward Shipborne Laser Weapons

The Pakistan Navy (PN) issued a formal tender for the procurement of two 10 kW laser weapon systems (LWS) and two associated radars, to be installed on two PN surface combatants.  Published by the Directorate of Procurement (Navy) with a deadline of 10 March 2026, the tender marks the PN’s first concrete procurement step towards … Read more

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February 10, 2026
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