DefenceTalkPeshawar, Pakistan: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants attacked an air force base in the country’s restive northwest Friday, killing at least 17 people in their deadliest assault in months following a major military offensive against them. The military said more than a dozen insurgents entered the residential compound at the base near Peshawar, the gateway […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taliban-gunmen-kill-17-in-pakistan-air-force-base-attack-65430/

DefenceTalkPakistan and Russia are in talks about the delivery of Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets and previously agreed upon delivery of Mi-35M helicopters, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister (FM) Sergei Ryabkov said, Sputnik reported. Earlier this year, a draft contract for the delivery of four Mi-35M ‘Hind E’ combat helicopters was sent to Pakistan from Russia, a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-russia-talks-delivery-su-35-mi-35s-65339/

DefenceTalkKARACHI: Pakistan is set to sign a 40-year-lease with a Chinese company to develop a massive special economic zone in the deep sea port of Gwadar, officials said on Wednesday. The contract is part of the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corri­dor (CPEC) that will link western China to the Arabian Sea with infrastructure, energy and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-china-set-to-sign-economic-zone-accord-65336/

DefenceTalkISLAMABAD: The Natio­nal Command Authority (NCA) concluded on Wednes­day that India’s rapidly growing nuclear program and absence of a conflict resolution mechanism were upsetting strategic stability in the region and the situation was compelling Pakis­tan to maintain ‘full-spectrum deterrence capability’. According to ISPR, the apex policy-making body for the country’s strategic progra reviewed in its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-to-keep-broadest-deterrence-capability-65334/

DefenceTalkISLAMABAD: The United States has taken Pakistan into confidence over a new US military alliance to fight the growing global presence of the self-styled Islamic State (IS), sources told DawnNews on Friday. The new alliance, called ‘Sahel to South Asia’ is expected to be announced soon by the White House. “Pakistan has been consulted by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-takes-pakistan-into-confidence-over-anti-is-alliance-65278/

DefenceTalkPakistan’s military on Wednesday said it had killed at least 31 militants in air strikes in northwest Pakistan, near the Afghan border. It said in a brief statement that militant hideouts were targeted in the Kyber and Shawal tribal districts, with 14 “terrorists” killed in Khyber and 17 killed in Shawal. The death toll could […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-air-strikes-kill-31-militants-in-tribal-areas-military-65272/

DefenceTalkPakistan on Monday strongly rejected a report published by a US think tank, which claimed that Pakistan has the fastest growing nuclear arsenal in the world. “The report is utterly baseless,” said Qazi Khalilullah, the spokesperson for the Foreign Office (FO). “Such reports have the effect of diverting attention from the exponential increase in India’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-rejects-report-claiming-its-nuclear-arsenal-is-fastest-growing-65204/

DefenceTalkISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Russia on Wednesday signed a landmark defence deal that includes the sale of four Mi-35 ‘Hind E’ attack helicopters to Pakistan. “The agreement was signed by top defence officials from Pakistan and Russia in Rawalpindi on Wednesday,” said a military source. Both countries were negotiating the deal for the past year, signalling […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-russia-sign-landmark-defence-deal-65055/

DefenceTalkAt least 50 militants were killed and their ammunition dump destroyed Monday in air strikes on hideouts in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, the military said. The strikes targeted hideouts in the Gharlamai and Shawal areas of the lawless North Waziristan tribal region, where the army has been waging an offensive against Taliban militants […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-air-strikes-kill-50-militants-in-tribal-area-military-65035/

DefenceTalkPakistani air strikes on Sunday killed 23 militants including foreigners in the country’s restive tribal regions near the Afghan border, the military said, part of a major ongoing operation against the Taliban. The attacks took place in areas close to the border with Afghanistan in Khyber and North Waziristan tribal districts. “(A) huge ammunition dump […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-military-says-23-militants-killed-in-air-strikes-64732/