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US releases $116 million to finance F-16 upgrades

16. August 2008

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WASHINGTON: The United States has released $ 116 million to finance mid-life upgrades for Pakistan’s existing fleet of F-16 fighter planes. The administration released the amount after completion of necessary process for shifting funds from foreign military financing, already allocated for the anti-terrorism South Asian ally. Popularity: 12% [?]

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Pakistan to hold 5th Weapons Show Ideas-2008 in November

28. June 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan to hold its fifth weapons “show IDEAS-2008″ (International Defence Exhibition and Seminar on November 24-26. Like Farnbrough, French Air Show, UAE’s IDEX Pakistan, being a manufacturer of land, sea and air weapons initiated series of IDEAS in 2000 when it completed its serial production of MBT Al-Khalid and JF Thunder multiple [...]

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India ready for security arrangement with China

6. June 2008

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BEIJING: India on Friday said it was ready to join hands with China to evolve a new flexible “security architecture” that will be “open” and “inclusive” to ensure peace and stability in Asia and beyond. “An open and inclusive architecture, which is flexible enough to accommodate the great diversity which exists in Asia, is needed,” [...]

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UN mission to be attentive to the basic causes of the disputes: Senate

29. May 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Standing Committee of the Senate for Defense has advised United Nation Peacekeeping Mission to also be attentive to the basic causes of the disputes along with deployment of the peacekeeping force for law and order as insecurity is wide spreading in the world. The standing committee of the Senate met Thursday here in Parliament [...]

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UK Defence delegation due on Sunday

24. May 2008

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ISLAMABAD: A nine member United Kingdom (UK) Defence delegation, led by the UK Secretary of State for Defence, Mr. Rt Hon Des Browne MP, is arriving today (25.5.2008) on three days visit to Pakistan to hold defence related talks at Ministry of Defence. During its stay in Pakistan, the delegation will hold meetings with [...]

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India tests-fires missile

23. May 2008

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ISLAMABAD: India Friday test-fired its surface-to-surface Prithvi missile from the integrated test ranges at Chandipur. Defence sources said having 150-250 km range, the missile can carry a pay load of 1000 kg explosives. Powered by liquid propellant, the missile can operate with both liquid as well as solid fuel.-SANA Popularity: 15% [?]

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Boing will keep its Mastry of Skies for many years

19. May 2008

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By Azhar Masood In a competitive race for avionics superiority Boeing held a grand opening for its new EA-18G Growler Support Center (GSC) at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., Tuesday in preparation for the delivery of the first EA-18G Growler to the U.S. Navy fleet. The center will provide technical and logistics support for [...]

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Will they be able to fight small Theatre Battles-I Have my Doubts

19. May 2008

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By Azhar Masood Chinese Defence Industry, mainly NORINCO, has light and heavy grade weaponry which has Soviet designation, It has built many weapon systems for air, land and sea forces but could not inject hi-tec sophistication as done by the USA, UK, France, Italy and even France. This time Chinese are making an [...]

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PM, Zardari briefed by intelligence officials on tribal situation

17. May 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was given a thorough briefing during his three hour long visit to the headquarters of a sensitive intelligence agency Friday along with the Pakistan Peoples Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari. Both the leaders remained in the compound for three hours where the agency big guns gave a detailed [...]

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Army equips with latest equipment to ensure defence: Musharraf

7. May 2008

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ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf has said that Armed forces have been equipped with latest state of the art equipment and weapons making the defence of the country impregnable. He stated this while addressing the officers, JCOs, NCOs and Jawans of 4 AK Regiment at a darbar in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. The President said that the [...]

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Pakistan, Australia underline need to enhance strategic ties

7. May 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Australia have underlined the need to develop strategic relationship and expand the existing ties in the areas of trade, economy and defence. This was discussed at a meeting between Minister for Defence, Chaudary Ahmad Mukhtar, and the visiting Australian Chief of Defence Forces, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, who called on [...]

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Singapore’s military construction engineering teams to Afghanistan

7. May 2008

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SINGAPORE: Singapore is sending two military construction engineering teams to Afghanistan, the defence ministry said. In the tiny city-state’s latest military contribution to the area, 12 team members will be deployed in two groups over about six months in central Bamiyan province, the ministry said. They are to supervise construction of a regional health training [...]

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Thousands flee as US military operation gets under way

2. May 2008

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KABUL: Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and seek refuge in different parts of Helmand Province as a US military operation in and around Garamsar District against Taliban gets under way, provincial officials said. “Our preliminary reports indicate that more than 1,000 families [5,000-7,000 people] have left the area and more [...]

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Minister directs PMAD to maintain strict financial discipline

28. April 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Defense, Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has directed the Pakistan Military Accounts Department (PMAD) to maintain strict financial discipline of defense-related transactions and ensure prompt and efficient payment to the concerned organizations. He stated this while chairing a meeting in Ministry of Defense to review the performance of PMAD. The Military Accountant General (MAG), [...]

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Northrop Grumman KC-45: Why We Won - Mission Capability

28. April 2008

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By Azhar Masood The U.S. Air Force found Northrop Grumman’s bid to build the next generation of aerial refueling tankers superior to Boeing’s in four of the five most important selection criteria. Despite this fact, the losing bidder wants the Government Accountability Office to overturn the Air Force decision to award the contract to Northrop Grumman. Coming [...]

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New Star War

26. April 2008

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By azhar Masood Russia’s rearmament program, approved in 2006 for a period until 2015, provides for supplying modern weapons to its armed forces. One of them is the Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback fighter-bomber, which will replace the Sukhoi Su-24 Fencers. The process has begun, but some say the replacement is taking too long. The new fighter-bomber is [...]

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Pakistan Defense Industries Attract Buyers

24. April 2008

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KUALA LUMPUR: Pakistan Defense Industries attracted many buyers and finalized business deals with Indonesia and Australia, while business deals with number of other countries entered into an advance stage. During the four days Defense Asia Exhibition which concluded in Kuala Lumpur, today, defense delegates from Philippine, Brunei, Malaysia, Myanmar, Poland, India, Bangladesh, Japan Singapore and [...]

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The Evolution Of Weaponry Is Truly Darwinian

21. April 2008

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By Azhar Masood Even the B-52 and the C-130 pale in longevity compared with Russia’s Tupolev Tu-95 Bear. Charles Darwin was right — at least for weapons systems: Principles of evolution and the struggle for survival of the fittest apply there all the time. Weapons systems have to keep evolving. And when they can’t evolve any more [...]

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Another space intelligence race

16. April 2008

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By Azhar Masood NASA’s Terrestrial Planet Finder is one of several instruments intended to detect planets around other stars. If Watson’s model is correct, even if some of those planets turn out to be Earth-like, they’re unlikely to host intelligent life. Credit: NASA/JPL Advanced ground and space-based telescopes are discovering new planets around other stars almost daily, [...]

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Pakistan to participate at Defence Services Asia 2008

15. April 2008

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Azhar Masood ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is all set to setup a pavilion in the International Defence SERVICES ASIA (DSA) 2008 exhibition to be held in Kaula Lumpur Malaysia, from 21st to 24th April, 2008. Pakistan defence industry will have one of the biggest presence in the exhibition and would introduce wide variety of defence [...]

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