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at 7/18/2017 08:38:00 pm 0

An Indian Armed Force Officer was killed in expert marksman fire from Pakistan close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowgam segment of Kupwara locale of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. 

 An authority said that the officer, having a place with 17 Infantry Unit, was hit by expert marksman fire while he was on obligation at Sangam post. 

 His personality was not promptly known.
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at 7/11/2017 01:26:00 am 0
Today colossal store of weapons were being transported from Dara Adam Khel to Wana in a non military personnel truck. Weapons were discretely covered up inside truck's lower body/cellar and truck body was put over that. Points of interest of recuperations are as under:

Psychological oppressors captured - 2

Guns
1. 30 Bore gun - 300
2. 30 Bore gun MSB SP - 5
3. 30 Bore Mouser - 6
4. Zigana gun - 197 dark
5. Zigana cover - 16
6. Beretta dark - 30
7. Pietro Beretta Brilliant - 4
8. Smith and Wesson - 20
9. Walther - 10 ( 7 x dark 3x dim)
10. Mikarov-26
11. Add up to guns - 614
12. Add up to Gun Magazines - 579


Other Programmed Weapons 
1. A5.56mm Rifle - 1
2. SMGs - 95
3. SMGs dark without checking - 11
4. Short firearm kalakov - 2
5. LMG - 6
6. Programmed wpns Add up to - 115





Ammo 
1. 7.62 mm rounds 1760
2. 30 mm gun rds - 4150
3. 9mm Gun rds - 1000
4. .22 rds - 250
5. 38 Bore 560
Add up to - 7720 Rounds


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at 7/08/2017 10:18:00 pm 0

Pakistan's Vital Designs Division (SPD) effectively test-let go an enhanced variant of the Hatf-IX Nasr short-go ballistic rocket (SRBM) on Wednesday, July 05. 

 As indicated by an official statement by Bury Administrations Advertising (ISPR), the refreshed Nasr SRBM has a scope of 70 km (the first Nasr's range is 60 km) and flight mobility upgrades. 

 The ISPR depicts the Nasr as a "high accuracy weapon framework with the capacity of brisk arrangements." It will "expand [Pakistan's] sound discouragement against [the] winning risk range all the more adequately, including hostile to rocket protections." 

 Film from ISPR demonstrates that three Nasr (v2) units were tried in progression at the objective, each propelled from an alternate terminating direction, apparently to exhibit the rocket's moving capacities. 

 Pakistan reported that it started testing the Nasr in 2011. The SRBM entered benefit in 2013 as a "snappy reaction" framework with "shoot-and-hurry characteristics."
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at 7/08/2017 10:16:00 pm 0
Pakistan will reportedly commence formal negotiations for the T129 ATAK attack helicopter from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).
According to aviation journalist Alan Warnes (via Monch Verlagsgesellschaft mbH), both sides are aiming to announce a deal, which could involve 30 aircraft, by the end of 2017 or early 2018. Turkish officials told Shephard Media that Pakistan was interested in the T129, but numbers have not yet been agreed upon.
This follows a year of active interest from Pakistan, beginning with trials in June 2016, when the Pakistan Army put the T129 ATAK (i.e. P6) through rigorous hot-and-high performance tests.
The P6 was flown at Pano Aqil when it was 50° Celsius. It was also flown at high-altitude at 14,000 feet in the Hindu Kush in the Himalayas. Endurance tests included a 480 km non-stop from Quetta to Multan.
In February, TAI’s General Manager Dr. Temel Kotil stated in a speech to the İstanbul Düşünce Vakfı (i.e. Istanbul Though Foundation) that TAI “will sell [T-129s] to Pakistan in the coming months.” Dr. Kotil also confirmed that Turkey acquired licenses to export the T129’s CTS800 turboshaft engine.
At IDEF 2017 in May, TAI and PAC had signed a memorandum-of-understanding (MoU) committing to expanding cooperation. At the end of May, Dr. Temel Kotil, visited PAC and reiterated TAI’s commitment to enable PAC to manufacture parts for the T129. PAC may also assemble T129 ATAKs.
Last week, the Pakistan Army’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa made an official visit to Turkey, where he met with TAI and inspected TAI’s T129 production site.
Pakistan also has 12 AH-1Z Viper and four Mi-35P Hind attack helicopters on order from Bell Helicopter and Russian Helicopters, respectively. The first three AH-1Z and all four Mi-35P are scheduled to arrive in Pakistan by the end of 2017.
The T129 is an upgraded variant of the AgustaWestland A129 Mangusta, which flew in 1983 and entered production that year for the Italian Army. Derived from the A129CBT, the T129 benefits from an uprated engine (i.e. LHTEC CTS800-4A), airframe modifications as well as new tail rotor and drive train.
Turkey selected the T129 in 2007 with manufacturing and third-party export rights. Aselsan, Roketsan and Havelsan developed weapons and subsystems for the T129.
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at 7/08/2017 08:40:00 am 0
Pakistan is planning to conduct a series of missile tests of different categories over the next few days that would include short and medium range, cruise missiles, anti tank guided missiles, surface to air missile, surface to sea missile, sea to surface missiles and air to surface missiles.

According to sources, short range ballistic missiles include Ghaznavi, Abdali-I, Ghauri-I, Shaheen-I while Medium range ballistic missiles (MRBM) include Ghauri-II, Shaheen-II, Shaheen-III, Ababeel
In the category of Cruise missiles Babur-1 (Hatf -VII), Babur-2 (Hatf -VII) will be test. Anti-tank guided missile that will be tested include Baktar-Shikan.
Sea to Surface Missiles Babur-3(Hatf VII) and Air-to-surface missiles Ra’ad (Hatf VIII), Ra’ad-II (Hatf VIII), Baktar-Shikan, H-2 SOW, H-4 SOW AND Barq will also be tested in the coming days.
Pakistan has two missiles which it could use on the battlefield: The Hatf-1 and Nasr. The Nasr is designed to be used against Troops, Tank regiments and other ground based units. It has a range of 60 km and is capable of a payload of 0.5–5 kilotons.
The Hatf-1 is an unguided subsonic battlefield range ballistic missile. Newer variants have been developed with longer range.
The Ghaznavi a hypersonic surface to surface short range ballistic missile has a range of 400 km and can carry a nuclear warhead of around 700kg.
The Ghauri is an intermediate range ballistic missile. It can carry a nuclear warhead of 700 kg and has a range of 1500km.
The Shaheen series of missiles can carry a nuclear warhead weighing over a tonne of a range up to 3,000km.
Pakistan has three Cruise missile active in its arsenal, one for each branch of armed forces, Army, Air Force and Navy.
The Babur cruise missile is a surface to surface cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead of 100kg and has a range of 700km.
The Ra’ad cruise missile is an air to surface missile for the Pakistani air force. it has a range of 350 km and can give a payload of around 10–35kt. It can be deployed by their JF-17 fighter bombers. The Barq is a air to surface laser guided missile deployed by Pakistan’s Buraq drones.
Pakistan Army (Air Defence) has inducted the Chinese-built LY-80 self-propelled surface-to-air missile system this March 2017.
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at 7/02/2017 03:46:00 pm 2

SSG the Gorillas
  • 1st Commando Yaldram Battalion
  • 2nd Commando Rahbar Battalion
  • 3rd Commando Powindahs Battalion
  • 4th Commando Yalghar Battalion
  • 5th Commando Zilzaal Battalion
  • 6th Commando AL Samsaam Battalion
  • 7th Commando Babrum Battalion
  • 8th Commando Al Azb Battalion.
Each Battalion consists of 700 men in four Companies, with each company split into platoons and then into 10 men teams. Battalions are Commanded by Lieutenant Colonels plus two independent Commando Companies.
  • Zarrar Unit: Specializes in Counter-terrorism.
  • Musa Company: Specializes in Amphibious Operations.
  • SOCU Company(Special Operation & Communication Unit): Zarrar can't operate without SOCU.
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at 7/02/2017 03:13:00 pm 0
As per Bell Helicopter (via Shephard Media), the Pakistan Army’s first batch of Bell Helicopter AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters are on track for delivery in 2017.

At the 2017 Paris Air Show, Bell Helicopter’s vice president of international military sales Rich Harris told journalists that the first three helicopters (from an order of 12) are undergoing final assembly in Amarillo, Texas. Harris stated that the remaining nine will be delivered to Pakistan in 2018.

The U.S. State Department approved a sale of 15 AH-1Z to Pakistan in April 2015 along with 1,000 AGM-114R Hellfire II laser-guided air-to-surface missiles. The cumulative value of the package (including training, logistics and maintenance support) is $952 million U.S. Pakistan ordered the first three aircraft in August 2015, which it then followed-up with an order of nine in April 2016.

It is not known if Pakistan will order the three remaining AH-1Z, though the original sale proposal released by the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) did not specify any optional aircraft (from the 15). 

The AH-1Z is powered by two General Electric T700-GE-401C turboshaft engines, each providing 1,800 shp in output. The AH-1Z has a maximum takeoff weight of 8,390 kg and maximum payload capacity of 16 anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM).

 Pakistan’s AH-1Z will also come configured with Thales TopOwl helmet-mounted display (HMD) systems, Lockheed Martin AN/AAQ-30 Target Sight System electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) pods, BAE AN/ALE-47 chaff/flare countermeasure dispensers, Northrop AN/APR-39C(v2) radar warning receivers (RWR) and Orbital ATK AN/AAR-47 missile warning receivers.

Bell Helicopter is a division of Textron, which also owns – among others – The Cessna Aircraft Company and Beechcraft Corporation. Pakistan operates Cessna 208 and T206H as well as Beechcraft King Air 350 aircraft in logistics and intelligence, surveillance reconnaissance (ISR) roles, respectively.

The Pakistan Army sought the AH-1Z to begin supplanting its AH-1F/S Cobra attack helicopters, which had seen significant use as close air support (CAS) assets in Pakistan’s counterinsurgency (COIN) campaign in its northwest regions over the past decade. It also ordered four Russian Helicopters Mil Mi-35M assault helicopters for $153 million (with the requisite support equipment).

In comparison to the AH-1F/S, the AH-1Z is a much heavier machine. Besides a markedly larger payload, the AH-1Z is a more sophisticated aircraft benefitting from integrated subsystems, such as EO/IR pod (for situational awareness and ATGM targeting), countermeasures suite for anti-air warfare threats and HMD for seamlessly cueing the EO/IR pod to targets.

These qualitative gains will augment the Pakistan Army’s Aviation Combat Group, enabling fewer AH-1Zs to emulate the operational impact of a larger AH-1F/S force (at least in Pakistan’s COIN theatre). The Mi-35M will likely exhibit analogous subsystems to the AH-1Z, but will also provide lift capability (for troops, supplies and medical evacuation).

Pakistan also evaluated the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) T-129 ATAK and Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation (CAIC) Z-10 in 2016. Both platforms sit in the same weight and capability class, which suggests that the Pakistan Army examined the prospect of augmenting the AH-1Z with a lighter machine. The intent for another attack helicopter – and accompanying expansion of the Aviation Combat Group – is likely to provide adequate CAS coverage for the Army’s armour and infantry on its eastern flank.

TAI’s General Manager Dr. Temel Kotil visited Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) at the end of May, offering partial parts manufacturing for the T-129 should Pakistan select it. The T-129 ATAK would also provide Aselsan, Roketsan and Havelsan opportunities to expand their respective market share in Pakistan through subsystem, munition and ancillary system sales.

https://www.asiadefence.com/pakistans-first-ah-1z-attack-helicopters-on-track-for-2017-delivery/
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