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ASELSAN Korkut is a Turkish gun-based air defence system that combines twin 35 mm cannon with programmable airburst ammunition. ASELSAN markets it for protection of stationary and mobile units, including mechanised formations. It fires cannon rounds rather than surface-to-air missiles. ASELSAN Korkut overview Quwa identified Korkut in the Pakistan Air Force’s September 2026 public reveal alongside HQ-17AE, LD-76 and ŞAHİN. Public reporting does not yet identify the precise Korkut variant supplied to Pakistan. Know What Defence Buyers in Will Need Next See emerging requirements, likely suppliers, and routes to market across Pakistan, MENA, and fast-moving defence technologies, before demand becomes…

In this episode of Beyond the Indus, Siddhant Kishore, a New Delhi and Washington D.C.-based national security and foreign policy analyst, and former analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, joins host Tushar Shetty to examine the BRICS summit in New Delhi and the strategic realignment underway across Asia.  They discuss the consensus preserved in the New Delhi Declaration and India’s diplomatic win on Pahalgam, the tactical stabilization between New Delhi and Beijing and why it falls short of realignment, the costly Iran-U.S. stalemate and Washington’s undefined war aim, the Houthi advance on the Bab al-Mandeb and the…

JERUSALEM — Flensburg Technology Systems (FTS) — a joint venture between German company Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft mbH (FFG) and Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) — and the German Special Forces Command (KSK) have unveiled a new light airborne combat vehicle in Germany, just one year after signing a framework agreement. Dubbed TAHR, the vehicle “features an open, integrated concept that provides operators with a clear view of their immediate surroundings from within the vehicle, while also allowing for the integration of various weapon systems,” according to an announcement posted Tuesday by the companies.  “Unveiling of the first pre-series vehicle is taking…

The HQ-17AE is a Chinese mobile short-range surface-to-air missile system developed by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC). The Pakistan Air Force publicly revealed it in September 2026, according to Quwa’s reporting on its new air-defence equipment. It adds another missile system to the PAF’s publicly documented point-defence equipment. Published range figures need qualification. Serbia’s Ministry of Defence gives a maximum of 15 km, while Chinese reporting quotes the designers at 15–20 km against fighter aircraft. Neither statement establishes a universal Pakistani engagement range against every drone or missile. Know What Defence Buyers in Will Need Next See emerging…

Much of the global attention on the BRICS Summit 2026 focused on the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in New Delhi. Given the photographs of the pair with the summit’s host, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, observers might find it tempting to cast the gathering as the meeting of an anti-Western bloc. That view may make for catchy headlines, but it risks missing how India sees the grouping and what value it brings even to its Western partners. For New Delhi, BRICS is not a camp or a bloc, but a forum – one…

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Space Force plans to begin launching a new satellite constellation that can track ground targets from orbit by 2028, according to a top service official. Speaking with reporters at the Air & Space Forces Association conference here, Space Force Lt. Gen. Gregory Gagnon revealed that the Resilient Radar System-Ground, or RRS-G, program will go up “in the next two years.” The satellite system is built by Northrop Grumman, the general said. Officials have previously discussed plans to get Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI)-capable birds on orbit by 2028, but until now have not disclosed the…

The MBDA Counter Mass Interceptor (CMI) is a supersonic counter-drone missile developed by MBDA UK with Poland’s Wojskowy Instytut Techniczny Uzbrojenia (WITU), or Military Institute of Armament Technology. MBDA gives the envelope as ranges and altitudes of over 6 km. MBDA unveiled CMI at the Farnborough International Airshow in July 2026, and announced the WITU cooperation on 9 September 2026 at MSPO in Kielce. MBDA plans an initial firing campaign in 2027. No armed force has ordered CMI. Know What Defence Buyers in Will Need Next See emerging requirements, likely suppliers, and routes to market across Pakistan, MENA, and fast-moving…

Earlier this month, Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), a Hindu denomination that holds that an 18th-century yogi is the supreme manifestation of God-as-Krishna, stirred controversy in France recently. It emerged that female staff at the Eiffel Tower were replaced by male colleagues during a visit by BAPS monks, who take a strict vow to not have any contact with women. During the uproar that ensued, many Hindu commentators argued that BAPS was not even Hindu, although the denomination says it is, and its massive temples are presented as Hindu. The question of whether a denomination or sect is Hindu…

Militaries facing waves of inexpensive one-way attack drones have a growing problem – the aircraft and weapons available to shoot them down can cost vastly more than the targets they are destroying. F-15s, F-16s and even F-35s can engage drones, but repeatedly pairing expensive fighters and their air-to-air missiles against targets costing infinitely less becomes difficult to sustain. Ground-based c-UAS systems with kinetic and non-kinetic defeat offer another option, though their engagement range limits how far from a defended asset they can begin thinning an incoming swarm. They can also be overwhelmed by swarms and have their weapons magazines quickly…

MBDA Crossbow is a ground-launched one-way effector built by MBDA UK and listed under Deep Strike, formally designated CROSSBOW OWE(H), or One-Way Effector Heavy. MBDA gives the range as over 800 km, the launch weight as 750 kg and the payload as around 300 kg. MBDA unveiled Crossbow at DSEI 2025 in London. MBDA announced first firings on 19 June 2026, conducted in December 2025 and February 2026. MBDA states it is able to produce Crossbow “in 2026, at scale, at pace”. No armed force operates Crossbow. Know What Defence Buyers in Will Need Next See emerging requirements, likely suppliers,…