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Ukraine’s Fire Point Is Courting Pakistan. Pulse Check Episode 11 Asks Whether It Can Work.
Quwa's Pulse Check Season 1 Episode 11 takes up the question raised by Fire Point's approach to Pakistan – whether a Kyiv design house and Pakistan's defence-industrial base have anything…
How Pakistan Will Work to Match India’s Future MQ-9B HALE UAS Capability
India signed a USD $203 million deal on 17 August 2026 to lease two MQ-9B SeaGuardian HALE UAVs for the Indian Navy, completing a US-origin ISTAR, ASW and AShW stack…
Türkiye Offered Pakistan a Seat on KAAN. Why Did Pakistan Say ‘No’ in 2016?
Türkiye invited Pakistan into KAAN from 2016. Pakistan chose Project AZM instead. On this episode of Pulse Check, Bilal Khan and Aseem work through what that decision cost the PAF…
Analysis: The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement Offers Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan a Capacity-Building Path
Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement on 07 August 2026. Why the MJDA's value is capacity building, not Article 5.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye Sign the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye signed a trilateral collective defence agreement in Makkah on 07 August 2026. The operative clause is public; the treaty text, duration, geographic scope and response…
Pakistan’s Private Sector Needs Transparent Testing Regulations and Capacity Support
Pakistan’s June 2026 DIPRA Ordinance created a defence-industrial regulator with the power to licence private R&D and open public test ranges to private companies. What it has not produced is…
Aselsan’s Backlog Hits $23.2 Billion as Türkiye’s Defence Electronics Giant Grows 25% in Real Terms
Aselsan reported H1 2026 revenue of TRY 88.5 billion, up 25% in real terms, with order backlog reaching $23.2 billion. The Turkish defense electronics firm raised R&D spending 41% and…
South Korea Tests Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) for Mine Warfare With an AI Mission Planner
The Republic of Korea Navy and Hanwha Systems demonstrated manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) for mine countermeasures at Busan on 3 August, with an LLM generating the search plan — though the…
Taiwan’s Thunder Tiger Demonstrates Autonomous USV Teaming With Shield AI’s Hivemind
Two Thunder Tiger SeaShark unmanned surface vehicles running Shield AI's Hivemind autonomously detected and expelled an intruding vessel off Pingtung on 29 July, six weeks after the companies signed.
Heavy Industries Taxila Reveals D-248 and S-369, Pakistan’s Longest-Range Loitering Munitions
Heavy Industries Taxila revealed the D-248 and S-369 at the 2026 Indus RAS Expo – Pakistan's longest-range loitering munitions, with up to 3,000 km reach.
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