DefenceTalkPakistan’s military said it killed 34 militants Wednesday in air strikes on a tribal region near the Afghan border as part of a major offensive against insurgents that began last year. The Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam militant groups are based in Khyber, one of seven autonomous tribal districts along Pakistan’s western border, which became a hideout […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-kills-34-militants-in-air-strikes-military-63597/

DefenceTalkPakistan would like to expand military technical cooperation with Russia by purchasing Russian Mi-35 helicopter gunships, Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain told Sputnik. “Pakistan would like to procure a variety of Russian military hardware,” Hussain said. The president specified that at the moment Pakistan was concentrating on importing Mi-35 helicopter gunships. The country also uses the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-to-buy-russian-mi-35-helicopter-gunships-63552/

DefenceTalkPakistan on Friday successfully tested its first indigenous armed drone named Buraq, and its laser guided missile named Barq. The drone has the ability to fly in all types of weather conditions and strike its targets with pinpoint accuracy. Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif attended the ceremony and witnessed the test fire of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-tests-first-drone-named-buraq-63502/

DefenceTalkUndisclosed location (Pakistan), Mar.9 (ANI): Pakistan test-fired its surface-to-surface ballistic missile Shaheen III,which is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads upto a range of 2750-kilometers. A Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) release said the test launch was aimed at validating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system at maximum range. The successful launch […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-test-fires-nuclear-capable-ballistic-missile-2-63410/

DefenceTalkPakistan’s military said it killed 25 militants in air strikes on tribal regions near the Afghan border Wednesday as part of a major offensive against the Taliban and other insurgents. The strikes took place in the Sanzila area of South Waziristan and Tirah in Khyber, the military said in a statement. “In precise aerial strikes, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-military-says-25-militants-killed-in-air-strikes-62652/

DefenceTalkPakistan on Monday conducted a successful flight test of the indigenously developed Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) “Ra’ad”, said an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release. The Ra’ad missile, with a range of 350 km, enables Pakistan to achieve ‘strategic standoff capability’ on land and at sea. “Cruise Technology” is extremely complex and has […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-flight-tests-air-launched-cruise-missile-alcm-raad-62497/

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DefenceTalkPakistan Tuesday said it opposed a new nuclear deal signed between the US and India during a recent trip to New Delhi by President Barak Obama, saying it was detrimental to stability in South Asia. The US and India reached an agreement Sunday during Obama’s visit to New Delhi, breaking the deadlock that has stalled […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-opposes-new-india-us-nuclear-deal-62243/

DefenceTalkPakistan’s military said it killed 76 militants in two separate air strikes on Tuesday as part of a major offensive against the Taliban and other insurgents in a tribal region near the Afghan border. The first air strike took place near Datta Khel area of North Waziristan tribal district while the second strike was focused […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-military-says-killed-76-militants-in-air-strikes-62248/

DefenceTalkLeaders from the 201st and 203rd Afghan National Army Corps, Afghan Border Police zones 301 and 402, the 11th Pakistan Army Corps, and a delegation from Resolute Support headquarters discussed border security at an event hosted by Train, Advise, Assist Command – East, or TAAC-E, at Operational Base Fenty in Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2015. For […]https://www.defencetalk.com/afghan-pakistani-military-leaders-coordinate-border-security-62186/