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During the four-day conflict with India in May last year, Pakistan demonstrated not only the effectiveness of Chinese military hardware, but also its own indigenously produced equipment, like the JF-17 Thunder fighter jet, the Al-Khalid main battle tank and the Fatah series guided multiple launch rocket system (G-MLRS). In particular, the JF-17‘s role in the May conflict and in the skirmish with India in 2019 proved the jet’s capabilities in battle. During last year’s war with India, the Thunder was credited with destroying the state-of-the-art S-400 surface-to-missile system deployed by India at Adampur. The jet also made a strong showing at last year’s Dubai Airshow. Earlier this week, the defence minister said the success of its weapons industry could transform the country’s economic outlook. “Our aircraft have been tested, and we are receiving so many orders that Pakistan may not need the International Monetary Fund in six months,” Khawaja Asif told Geo News. Here is a brief timeline of arms deals that Pa...

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When US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets his Danish and Greenlandic counterparts next week, Denmark will be defending a territory that has been moving steadily away from it and towards independence since 1979. United States President Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland have triggered a wave of European solidarity with Denmark. But the crisis has exposed an uncomfortable reality — Denmark is rallying support to protect a territory whose population wants independence, and whose largest opposition party now wants to bypass Copenhagen and negotiate directly with Washington. “Denmark risks exhausting its foreign policy capital to secure Greenland, only to watch it walk away afterwards,” said Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen, a political science professor at the University of Copenhagen. Strategic relevance Denmark cannot let Greenland go without losing its geopolitical relevance in the Arctic territory, strategically located between Europe and North America and a critical site for the US ballistic missile defence ...

In a meeting with Pakistan‘s air chief, the commander of the Iraqi Air Force expressed a “keen interest” in JF-17 Thunder fighter jets and praised the Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) professionalism, the military’s media wing said on Saturday. According to a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), PAF Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, who on a visit to Iraq, called on Iraqi Air Force Commander Lt Gen Staff Pilot Mohanad Ghalib Mohammed Radi Al-Asadi. The two met at the Iraqi Air Force headquarters, where ACM Sidhu received a guard of honour upon his arrival, it said. “Discussions focused on enhancing bilateral military cooperation, with emphasis on joint training, capacity building and improving operational cooperation,” ISPR said. During the meeting, ACM Sidhu “highlighted the deep-rooted religious, cultural, and historical ties between Pakistan and Iraq”. He also “reaffirmed PAF’s commitment to support the Iraqi Air Force in training and capacity development”. The statement sa...

Says no country can function without army and intelligence, but their mandate is limited to the Constitution