Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Speaking to ThePrint, Salman Akram urges dignity in tragedy, recalling the loss of his brother, Wing Commander Nauman Akram, in similar crash & the mockery his family faced after.
Pakistan’s foreign office said ceasefire with Afghanistan came into effect ‘with mutual consent’, while Taliban maintained Islamabad ‘requested and insisted’ on it.
While Pakistani authorities have not clarified what intended target was, the incident adds to a troubling pattern of PAF strikes killing civilians, including women and children.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
Pakistan is said to have finalised the purchase of up to 40 stealth fighters. If the delivery takes place, it will mark the first international export of the Chinese aircraft.
Satellite imagery indicates damage inflicted by Indian airstrikes on Pakistani airbases in early hours of 10 May was greater than earlier reports had indicated.
India used multiple types of aircraft, air to surface missiles & air defence systems to inflict damage to PAF. Almost all strikes were covered by high-res recon UAVs & satellites.
Concerted efforts should simultaneously be undertaken for consensus building with structure and style of functioning of the federal institutions, wrote Amal Ray in 1985.
Work will be carried out by Chanakya, Sarvam’s firewalled division. Focus areas are decision support, target acquisition and data fusion across the ‘sensor-to-shooter loop’.
Netanyahu has won only because he hasn’t been defeated. He’s also changed Israel fundamentally. Any ruling alliance now will have to be a coalition to the exclusion of Israel’s Arab citizens.
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