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Pakistan to get its share under Coalition Support Fund: US

National

Reimbursement to Pakistan under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) will continue to be made as it has taken concrete steps to eliminate terrorists from its soil, US envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan said on Monday.

In an interview with a US broadcaster, US Deputy Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Jonathan Carpenter lauded Pakistan’s campaign against terrorism. He said, “Pakistan has done a significant job in North Waziristan and Khyber Agency.

“It is a good omen that stability has been restored in these territories. Waziristan and Khyber Agency have become secure areas due to operation Zarb-e-Azb.”

Carpenter said that the US was not only taking keen interest in the implementation of the National Action Plan strategy but also wanted to lend help to Pakistan in this regard.

Answering a question, he said that payments under the CSF to Pakistan will continue during the current financial year.

“Pakistan has assured us that action is being taken against all militants groups. We think that it is a right way and we support it.”

 

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HEADLINES

Pakistan claims first airstrike with indigenous UAV

Farhan Bokhari
Islamabad
08/09/2015


A senior Pakistani government official told IHS Jane’s in March that 12–16 Burraq UAVs have been manufactured and that the army plans to eventually acquire up to 24.

The Pakistan Army on 7 September claimed to have successfully used an indigenously built armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to target a Taliban location for the first time.

Major General Asim Bajwa, chief spokesman of Pakistan’s armed forces, said in a Twitter post that “a terrorist compound was hit and three militants were killed” in the Shawal valley of north Waziristan close to the Afghan border. He added that the airstrike was carried out by the indigenous Burraq UAV.

The strike was the first time a Pakistani UAV had demonstrated an offensive capability in the battlefield, departing from the country’s known use of UAVs for reconnaissance purposes.

Pakistani defence officials have previously told IHS Jane’s the Burraq and Shahpar UAVs, both of which can be armed, were designed and built in country, although few technical details have been revealed.

Analysis of the two UAVs’ shows a close resemblance to China’s CH-3 UAV. In 2010 IHS Jane’s reported that 20 CH-3s were to be delivered to Pakistan in 2011. “Pakistan has a close working relationship with China for joint development of military hardware. In the past, China has helped Pakistan fill the gap and I suspect this is what has happened again with the latest [UAV] too,” a senior Western defence official told IHS Jane’s.

Officials have previously told IHS Jane’s that the country made several requests to the US to purchase UAVs but was rebuffed.

Comment

While the announcement on 7 September is being positioned internally as a success story for indigenous technology, it is perhaps more accurate to see it as another milestone in Sino-Pakistani military co-operation.

From this angle, the Burraq UAV follows in the footsteps of the JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft, which grew out of the US decision to block the sale of 40 F-16s to Islamabad because of its nuclear weapon programme. Pakistan carried out its first series of nuclear tests in May 1998, just three weeks after a round of tests by India.

“Whenever the United States or other countries have blocked the sale of strategically important materials to Pakistan, we have, in fact, redoubled our efforts and eventually got hold of the same. Our offensive [UAV], in fact, is a result of being denied that technology,” a senior Pakistani official told IHS Jane’s.

A senior Pakistani government official told IHS Jane’s in March that 12–16 Burraq UAVs have been manufactured and that the army plans to eventually acquire up to 24.

 

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Interesting thread.

 

[fatman17]

Military Capabilities

China, Pakistan complete seven-week special forces drills

Farhan Bokhari, Islamabad - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly

20 September 2015

Pakistan and China ended seven weeks of joint exercises between their special forces on 15 September.

In recent years China has sought to block Islamic militants from entering its predominantly Muslim Xinjiang region, which borders Pakistan. Senior Pakistan Army officers have told IHS Jane's that Islamabad has given a firm commitment to China to do everything possible to block Chinese Muslim separatists from basing themselves in Pakistan's tribal areas along the Afghan border.

"Islamic separatists from China have no busy in our country. Special forces from Pakistan and China are collaborating increasingly to put an end to this," a senior Pakistan army officer told IHS Jane's .

 

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100% battle hardned Pakistani Urbanwarfare Soldier !

 

[Bilal9]

Don't know if this has been posted here before,

PHOTO released by Pakistan Army reportedly showing an Indian 'quadcopter' drone shot down on July 15 near Bhimber.

 

[fatman17]

Don't know if this has been posted here before,

PHOTO released by Pakistan Army reportedly showing an Indian 'quadcopter' drone shot down on July 15 near Bhimber.

yes thanks

 

[fatman17]

Pakistan Orders Scan-Eagle UAV,

Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $15,180,214 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0030 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0008) for hardware and technical data for the Scan Eagle for the government of Pakistan under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in Bingen, Washington (90 percent); and Pakistan (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2016. Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $15,180,214 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

 

[21 Dec 2012]

@fatman17 yesterday @DESERT FIGHTER who is presumably an insider claimed that the M109A5 in Pakistani inventory can achieve upto 40km using base bleed rounds. Can you confirm or deny.

 

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@fatman17 yesterday @DESERT FIGHTER who is presumably an insider claimed that the M109A5 in Pakistani inventory can achieve upto 40km using base bleed rounds. Can you confirm or deny.

I'm not 100 % sure about BB.. But yes I believe the M284 cannon on A5 has a max range of 24.5-30km ...

Swiss Ruag upgrades m109 for example has a range of over 36 km... Etc...

 

[21 Dec 2012]

I'm not 100 % sure about BB.. But yes I believe the M284 cannon on A5 has a max range of 24.5-30km ...

Swiss Ruag upgrades m109 for example has a range of over 36 km... Etc...

You are not helping your case here

The main part of the upgrade is the replacement of the existing 155 mm 39 calibre barrel by a new Swiss designed and built chrome-plated 155 mm 47 calibre barrel fitted with a new double-baffle muzzle brake and fume extractor as used in the Swiss Army Pz Hb 88/95 upgrade.

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Three shots,three hits - YouTube

 

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So whats the counter if india buys t14 armata which has 1100mm+ armour protection and whose kinetic rounds penetrate upto 1000+ mm of armour which no tank yet has ?

 

[Bilal9]

Pakistan Orders Scan-Eagle UAV,

Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $15,180,214 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0030 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0008) for hardware and technical data for the Scan Eagle for the government of Pakistan under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in Bingen, Washington (90 percent); and Pakistan (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2016. Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $15,180,214 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

This sucker is modular -so you could swap out the propulsion, turret and avionics units if anything goes bad. Endurance is great as well....I wonder what the unit cost is (with support).