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The Pakistan Navy (PN) will design an original submarine once its Hangor-class (S26) boats are inducted, the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral Naveed Ashraf, confirmed in a recent interview with Asian Defence Journal. The remark is brief, but for anyone who has followed Quwa over the past few years, it settles a question rather than opening one. The PN set a vision some years ago to become a “submarine-building navy,” and the CNS has now placed an original design at the end of that road. Like the Jinnah-class frigate and the Sea Sultan long-range maritime patrol aircraft (LRMPA), the…

Tucker, Defense One A pilot program in the Pacific is showing how to get advanced tools all the way to the edge Source link

Lester Munson, The Strategist The sudden and unexpected passing of Senator Lindsey Graham at age 71 will directly affect how the United States conducts itself around the globe, and not… Source link

The French overseas territory of New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific, which has endured a decade of political turbulence, social tensions, and economic shocks, has emerged from elections held on June 28 with a new president. Virginie Ruffenach, leader of the French loyalist Rassemblement (The Rally) Party, was elected president of the New Caledonia Congress on July 10 after negotiating a coalition with the Polynesian Islander-led Eveil Océanien (Oceanian Awakening) Party to achieve the majority to govern.  Ruffenach emphasized unity and dialogue in her inaugural speech as she prepares to preside over a Congress divided between the pro-independence and loyalist…

James Deitch, RealClearDefense Iran has learned to shape events not only through military action but through narrative control . . . Source link

Pakistan has initiated a major military operation in Balochistan aimed at dismantling terrorist networks across the province. Named Operation Shaban, the campaign is being jointly conducted by the Army, Frontier Corps, and Balochistan Police. Operation Shaban was launched in response to the deadly terrorist attack on July 7 in the Mangi Dam area, which claimed the lives of 27 police personnel. The operation involves ground troops as well as Air Force-linked operations that are targeting militants in the province’s rugged mountainous terrain. Since its launch, security forces have killed around 123 militants belonging to various extremist groups across the province.…

Avition Week A top U.S. Army official named Anduril as a potential hypersonic weapons supplier on July 14 while explaining an emerging requirement for a high/low mix of exquisite and… Source link

Home › Pakistan Defence News › Field Marshal Asim Munir Visits Türkiye for Defence Talks as Ankara–Islamabad Ties Deepen Pakistan Defence News Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir met President Erdoğan and defence officials in Ankara during a two-day Türkiye visit focused on defence cooperation. Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir – Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces – arrived in Türkiye on Monday, 13 July 2026 for a two-day official visit centred on bilateral defence cooperation and regional security. He held a closed-door, one-on-one meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at Ankara Airport, attended by Vice-President…

The innocuously titled film “Satluj,” named after a tributary of the River Indus that flows through the Indian state of Punjab before crossing into Pakistan, was quietly released on the OTT video streaming platform Zee5 without much fanfare on July 3. Within two days, it was suddenly pulled by the channel due to a government diktat citing “national security concerns.” Originally titled “Punjab 95,” the film is set against the backdrop of the Sikh separatist insurgency in Punjab during the 1980s and 1990s, when the movement for an independent Khalistan was at its peak, and when the Congress party was…

Cameron Tobias, RealClearDefense American support for the Israeli military presents a hurdle to peace, one which American policymakers would be wise to use as leverage. Source link