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In addition to this, the main body of the Gaurav Arya letter is written in what appears to be the Calibri font whereas the address line and headers are in Arial. I know for a fact that all military documents use Arial and nothing else. It appears that the letter body has been copy pasted on an...

Division-size means that the Marines will be expanded to anywhere between 10000-25000 troops from the current 3000-4000. Force protection, coastal security and air defence are some of the primary roles of the Marines and since the PN is expanding, these roles will multiply as well. Brigade-size...

Yes. License plate recognition and facial recognition. Nothing classified about this project. Some of my professors have worked on it too in the past.

I saw some research papers by Pakistani researchers which hint at the fact that a SOSUS-like system with AI-based sound signature detection and classification is under advanced stages of development if not already deployed.

Exciting prospects. But I have serious doubts about NRDI's capabilities, specially in the DEWs domain. I'm saying this because NRDI is co-located at my university campus, as the Admiral mentioned and the facilities and human resources are extremely basic to say the least.

Had policy implementation been one of our strong areas, we probably would've been at par with Turkey or something. I basically meant the same thing about them being strategic assets but I'm getting a bit tired of bringing up SPD and the aptly described 'scorty curtain' in every post and so I...

There have been reports of UCAV contracts with Turkey as well as an indigenous PN-focused program at NRDI. The ballistic missile is probably being developed as part of a NESCOM-led venture just like Harbah, Zarb and other missiles. The Ada-class, Type 054A/Ps and the Jinnah-class will probably...

Yarmook-class = Damen 2300 ton corvettes Variants of those corvettes are in contractual stage. They will be larger in tonnage i.e. more than 2300 tons and will be 6 in number. That is what he said. Check around 15:20 Indeed it it. Admiral Abbasi has probably been a transformational leader for...

Recently discovered this company on LinkedIn. This project/product represents a lot of promise and potential. 10 years down the line, we may be able to use indigenous, private-sector designed and manufactured micro turbine engines in our cruise missiles and other weapon systems. That would be a...

The (former) CNS Admiral Zafar Mehmood Abbasi reveals in his farewell address that the PN is procuring 4 MILGEM Ada corvettes from Turkey. Delivery timeline is between 2023-2025. The key takeaway is that design and engineering technology transfer will take place and the FIFTH (5th) ship will be...

Agreed. This is basically what I was trying to imply. The army is a huge lumbering bureaucracy and like any bureaucracy, it is resistant to change. Both the PAF and PN have made good progress as far as independent research-based policy advisory is concerned by setting up independent but focused...

It is depressing to think that BECO was doing this in the 1950s and 60s. Just think of what Pakistan could have become had Bhutto never lived. One must not speak ill of the dead, but Bhutto should have been hanged in 1970 instead of 1978. It would have prevented the dismemberment of Pakistan and...

The PA's relentless focus has been on revamping it's force structure, training doctrine and deployment and combat tactics in order to prepare for COIN ops, urban warfare related to the WoT. This has been the case since atleast 2002. The generation of officers that has ascended to top leadership...

I will agree that BD is not dumping, and I'm not clear about your statement about the 'system being more efficient in BD'. The cost of production in Pakistan has increased during previous years owing to a number of reasons, some that I have described below. Gas and energy shortages are among...

We should be looking for 100% local dependance in the chemical and petrochemical segment. This is a good move and will provide an incentive for local chemical manufactures to increase production capacity. It may be $2 million, but it is miniscule things like this which continue to add up...

Pakistan will be fine. We have indigenous MALE UAV programs underway and the results will atleast be 80% as good as a US made machine. That's good enough for us. The Soviet Union was the foremost military power in the world by sheer size yet all its military strength and nuclear and space...

You make a good point. Everyone knows how the powers that be work. By division, subversion and diversion.

He was the first and the only true Pakistani. The Quaid was a brilliant individual and he realized that his companions were ill suited for the task that lay ahead - that of preserving and strengthening the new-found freedom. This is probably why many of his speeches to students, civil...

I don't know about your biases sir. And I don't want to. But propagating negativity is an ethical crime. We must appreciate the fact that atleast Fawad Chaudhary has given a face to the S&T ministry and is moving in the right direction. We're a little late but it's not his fault, neither is it...

We need sustained exports for this industry to be viable. Alas, that requires a strong and competitive economy and a dynamic private sector. Pakistan needs to remove the defence production domain from a line ministry and set up an independent agency to oversee the funding, project management and...