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Guessing it might use a turbocharger, but its a small engine and that would use a lot of fuel very quickly. Another way might be putting the UAV on a ballistic path. Unsupercharged pistons start struggling at 15,000 feet. At 20,000 plus its a necessity. Even with supercharger, sustaining over...

Agree, but the Gulf was always doable with our land based AirPower. Look at our pre 2018 doctrine and deployments. You had the 8 or so frigates each bring the flagship of a small flotilla, say a frigate being paired with one missile and one patrol boat and ewch would be responsible for...

Generally bigger aircraft have bigger range since the increase in volume gives space for more fuel and powerful propulsion. Shahpar 2 has numbers not much greater than a Burraq, despite being much bigger. So, I postulate that the released numbers are either flat wrong or missing context. Am...

Maybe you are familiar with our latest maritime policy doctrine? https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/pakistan-launches-first-formal-maritime-doctrine.608697/ Its been discussed in great detail here. It’s expressly lays out a policy of ensuring freedom of the seas and perserving the safety of SLOCs...

Well we don’t intend to sell nukes so the analogy fails. We do actually adhere to it in lots of ways for instance there are export restrictions on certain types of machinery and components to non NPT5 countries. This was one of the claims made against us when the Marshall Islands sued us at the ICJ.

Our potential export targets....**are** and **do**.

Pretty sure this is Mariyam Aurangzeb's account.

No. You don’t build /acquire 2 dozen or so major surface ships like we are, if all you want to do is patrol your Economic zone. Missile boats and aircraft are sufficient for that. You do that if you intend to operate as a blue water force. Our current requirements are to do that specifically...

One thought which crossed my mind, context, do the numbers mean mission duration (wheel up wheels down) or only time on station…. Excluding transit time. One would think “endurance” means the former, but that would suggest a large, short range aircraft…which is oxymoronic. If the number are...

@JamD you are forgetting the square cube law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%E2%80%93cube_law Shahpar II is approximately twice the length of the original Shahpar. Surface area increases at the square of the multiplier, so it will have 4 times the surface are and volume increases at the...

Were Mavericks ever used in anger?

Send in another Marine battalion.

No. Its a VHF RADAR and those can detect stealth aircraft.

Totally an establishment guy then. Jamaat has little influence in the region. Guessing they are using him as a focal point to allow the release of anger since Jamat isn't secessionist like the Nationlists are.

Agreed except its closer to a Reaper than a Predator, being a MALE and all. The service ceiling is 20,000 feet, bit high for a piston, especially one of this size. A Cessna 172 is 14,000 feet, this is nearly 50% more. It would be the most advanced piston. On the other hand its perfectly within...

As I suspected, its approximatley equivalent in role and capability to a Reaper. 14 hours plus endurance, 200 kg or so payload. Basically between a Predator and a Reaper in its capability. Is that a Turbofan?

The reason was that he engaged when he wasn't supposed to. He got grounded for a while. It was only after they confirmed the hit that they changed their mind. The AOC North was ready to Court Martial him.

Armata will require better APFSDS. T90 led us to a policy of having DU penetrators on all tanks, even the 105MM armed upgraded Type59/69. Have our airforce and airdefence gone on strike?

F22P frigate (Zulifqar class) was made in the 1990's when we had a financial cruch and the Navy was low on our priority. The new Tughrail and the Babars and Jinnah's are being made at a time when the PN is the centerpeice of our defence strategy. Now my personal concept is a Carrier. Based off...

Here is a good rule of thumb. If something’s seems obvious to you as a layman, but professionals aren’t doing it, then there must be a damn good reason for it. Where do you think we use these weapons? Afghanistan. Baluchistan. Where do we get regular international admonishments for acting...