DefenceTalkThe Nuclear Notebook is researched and written by Hans M. Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project with the Federation of American Scientists, and Robert S. Norris, a senior fellow with the FAS. The Nuclear Notebook column has been published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists since 1987. This issue’s column examines Pakistan’s nuclear […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistani-nuclear-forces-2018-71828/

DefenceTalkPakistan announced Thursday that it had successfully conducted another test-firing of a nuclear-capable, submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM), which has a range of 450 kilometers. The indigenously developed Babur missile was fired from an underwater platform and “engaged its target with precise accuracy,” a military statement said. The rocket is capable of delivering “various types of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-tests-sub-launched-nuclear-capable-cruise-missile-71599/

DefenceTalkPakistan Navy and Air Force jointly conducted long-range anti-ship cruise missile firings in North Arabian Sea, demonstrating its fire power and combat readiness. Pakistan’s Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi and Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman witnessed the live weapon firing on board Pakistan Navy Ship Nasr on Monday. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-navy-air-force-test-fire-anti-ship-cruise-missile-71547/

DefenceTalkKARACHI: It was a landmark occasion for Pakistan Air Force (PAF) as well as the whole nation, when the indigenously produced JF-17 Thunder shot down a slow speed target with BVR (Beyond Visual Range) and IR (Infrared) missile with a pin-point accuracy at Sonmiani firing range on Friday. Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-test-fires-beyond-visual-range-missile-from-jf-17-thunder-71420/

DefenceTalkThe Nigerian Air Force (NAF) today, 14 January 2018, took delivery of the second batch of Super Mushshak trainer aircraft that the Federal Government had since ordered from Pakistan. The Ilyushin 76 strategic airlifter aircraft that brought the new Super Mushshak aircraft touched down at NAF Base Kaduna at exactly 7.45 am today. The Chief […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-delivers-final-super-mushshak-trainer-aircraft-batch-to-nigeria-71071/

DefenceTalkThe Pentagon pledged Monday to be as transparent as possible about how many troops are deployed overseas, after an agency published figures that diverge significantly from official counts. According to a quarterly report from the Pentagon’s Defense Manpower Data Center, as of September 30 the US military had 15,298 troops in Afghanistan, 8,892 in Iraq […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-report-shows-thousands-more-us-troops-deployed-overseas-70866/

DefenceTalkStronger military ties between India and the United States should not affect relations with neighbors such as Pakistan, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said ahead of a visit to New Delhi. The Pentagon chief arrived Monday for a 48-hour trip—the first to India by any member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet. “This is a historic […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-defense-chief-in-india-to-boost-military-ties-70558/

DefenceTalkFighter jets, drone deals and shared concerns over Afghanistan’s security challenges look set to dominate the agenda when US Defence Secretary James Mattis visits India this week. Mattis is scheduled to arrive in Delhi late Monday and is set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and new defence minister in the first visit by a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fighter-jets-drones-on-table-as-james-mattis-visits-key-ally-india-70549/

DefenceTalkA large number of national representatives currently attending the General Assembly in New York have already signed the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. They seek a world free from “doomsday weapons,” as secretary-general Antonio Guterres put it. Yet the nuclear powers themselves have so far refused to sign on. Who has nuclear […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nuclear-weapons-who-are-the-worlds-haves-and-have-nots-70519/

DefenceTalkAsian rivals India and Pakistan on Friday formally joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a security bloc spearheaded by China and Russia, despite bilateral tensions bubbling over Kashmir. Leaders of the largely symbolic body — including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping — formally signed off on the sub-continent duo’s accession at the annual SCO […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-pakistan-join-china-and-russia-led-security-bloc-70164/