Tag: Pakistan Air Force
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Pakistan’s New Short-Range Air Defense Shield
HQ-17AE, KORKUT, and ŞAHİN — A New Layer in the Indo-Pak Air Defense Competition By Major (R) Haroon Rasheed. Defense & Strategic Analyst specializing in South Asian military dynamics, deterrence strategy, and defense modernization; Member, Research and Evaluation Cell for Advancing Basic Amenities and Development, Writer and Defense Contributor — Pakistan First & Pakistan Hamesha…
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Indian Claims About Tejas Mk-II Against J-10C, The Ground Reality
By Major (R) Haroon Rasheed Defense & Strategic Analyst specializing in South Asian military dynamics, deterrence strategy, and defense modernization; Member, Research & Evaluation Cell for Advancing Basic Amenities and Development. There is nothing wrong with India believing in its own aerospace industry. Every country wants to build better fighters, and India is no exception.…
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Al-Murtajiz: The Drone That Could Change Pakistan’s Future Air Warfare
By Major (R) Haroon Rasheed Defense & Strategic Analyst specializing in South Asian military dynamics, deterrence strategy, and defense modernization; Member, Research & Evaluation Cell for Advancing Basic Amenities and Development. A New Weapon Appears On 14 August 2025, during Pakistan’s Independence Day celebrations, the Pakistan Air Force quietly displayed a new unmanned aircraft that…
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Unverified Claims Circulate on Pakistan Air Patrols Over Saudi Arabia
Key Developments: Viral social-media claims alleged Pakistani air patrols and surveillance missions over Saudi Arabia, but no official confirmation exists. Pakistan has condemned regional drone and missile attacks targeting Saudi infrastructure amid escalating Gulf tensions. Gulf states recently reported a temporary lull in aerial attacks following weeks of missile and drone exchanges. ISLAMABAD — April…
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HAVA SOJ Jammer: Strengthening Pakistan’s Electronic Warfare Posture in a Changing Strategic Landscape
By Major (R) Haroon Rasheed – Defense & Strategic Analyst specializing in South Asian military dynamics, deterrence strategy, and defense modernization. Member. Pakistan’s decision to acquire and co-produce Turkey’s HAVA SOJ airborne stand-off jamming system represents a calculated and forward-looking step in the modernization of its air warfare and electronic warfare (EW) capabilities. At a…
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PAF Pilot Training: Excellence, Expertise, and Global Acknowledgment
Written by Major (R) Haroon Rasheed is a Defense and Strategic Analyst specializing in South Asian military dynamics, deterrence strategy, and defense modernization. He is a member of the Research and Evaluation Cell for Advancing Basic Amenities and Development (REC ABAD). The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has earned a reputation that few air forces in…
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Dubai Airshow 2025 — A Tale of Contrasts: Tejas Under Scrutiny, JF-17 Block III Shines
By Major (R) Haroon Rasheed is a Defense and Strategic Analyst specializing in South Asian military dynamics, deterrence strategy, and defense modernization. He is a member of the Research and Evaluation Cell for Advancing Basic Amenities and Development (REC ABAD). The Dubai Airshow, one of the world’s most anticipated aerospace events, once again brought together…
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China and Turkey’s MMRs: a new option for Pakistan’s air power
By Major (R) Haroon Rasheed — Defense & Strategic Analyst, South Asian military dynamics and technology. A recent wave of developments in the defence market has seen multiple suppliers offering Multiple Munitions Racks (MMR) — compact quad/dual-ejector pylon solutions that increase the number of missiles or small stores an aircraft can carry on a single…
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Pakistan’s F-16 Fleet Set to Get Sharper: The Strategic Significance of AIM-120D3 Integration
By Major (R) Haroon Rasheed, Defense and Strategic Analyst, Specialist in South Asian Military Dynamics. In a noteworthy development for Pakistan’s air defense modernization, the United States has authorized the export of its advanced AIM-120D3 air-to-air missile to more than 30 countries — and Pakistan is reportedly among them. This decision could soon enable the…
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My Open Letter to Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh: The Case of the Missing S-400
Dear Air Chief Marshal Singh, With deep respect for your long service to the Indian Air Force — and with a wink to the theatrics of modern aerial brinkmanship — I write three months after the intense air engagements of May 6–7, 2025. The subcontinent’s skies have seen many dramas, but in this age of…