- May 20th, 2026
The Pentagon’s 2025 China Military Power Report has confirmed one of the most consequential developments in South Asian defense dynamics: since 2020, China has supplied Pakistan with a total of 36 Chengdu J-10C multirole fighter aircraft. This revelation, formally acknowledged...
Turkey is moving closer to joining a nascent defense alliance between Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan, a step that could redraw security alignments across the Middle East, South Asia and parts of Africa, according to people familiar with the discussions....
Pakistan is approaching a defining milestone in its defence-industrial trajectory as it moves to finalise a US$1.5 billion (approximately RM7.05 billion) arms agreement with Sudan, a deal that would mark one of the most ambitious overseas military packages ever assembled...
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are advancing negotiations to convert roughly US$2 billion in outstanding Saudi financial assistance into a structured defence procurement programme centred on the JF-17 Thunder Block III, a move that fuses urgent fiscal relief with strategic force...
Bangladesh is reportedly nearing the finalisation of a landmark defence procurement agreement with Pakistan for the acquisition of JF-17 Thunder Block III multirole fighter jets and Super Mushshak trainer aircraft. Valued between USD 400 million and USD 700 million (approximately...
The potential induction of China’s J-35E fifth-generation stealth fighters into the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) between early 2026 and early 2027 represents a potentially decisive inflection point in South Asia’s aerial balance. If realised on the timelines now widely reported,...
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) successfully conducted a flight test of the indigenously developed Taimoor Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) on 3 January 2026, marking a significant milestone in South Asia’s evolving conventional deterrence landscape. The test demonstrates Pakistan’s growing ability to...
Unverified claims that India reached out to China during Pakistan’s missile strikes underscored how information warfare, escalation management and great-power influence converged at the height of the May 2025 India–Pakistan crisis, shaping perceptions alongside the battlefield itself. The brief but...
The modern battlefield is no longer the exclusive preserve of high-cost platforms such as Rafale fighter jets, S-400 air defence systems, or fifth-generation stealth aircraft like the F-35. Instead, warfare is increasingly shaped by cheap, smart, and expendable systems that...
Türkiye and Pakistan successfully concluded the 12-day high-intensity joint special operations exercise, AYYILDIZ 2025, a milestone event that went beyond routine bilateral training to showcase operational synergy, strategic signalling, and deepening maritime security cooperation between two pivotal Muslim-majority powers. The...
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