Pakistan Army Strategic Forces Command Tests Shaheen 1A (Hatf IV) Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdB9ECi-cf6GBzNNB2is_ItEK6xdDf9GCEJbri-C2faMf4t93wzBBa826x89ebUZ4rTne32nhCpH9vZ96vdTQjMr9Ljt_WymYfOITGUNRHSkQK5le6R8PkiNTXajI2TUbwTCYBHLIcVm0/s1600/Pakistan+today+conducted+a+successful+test+launch+of+Intermediate+Range+Shaheen+1A+(Hatf%2BIV)%2BBallistic%2BMissile.%2B%2B(4).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdB9ECi-cf6GBzNNB2is_ItEK6xdDf9GCEJbri-C2faMf4t93wzBBa826x89ebUZ4rTne32nhCpH9vZ96vdTQjMr9Ljt_WymYfOITGUNRHSkQK5le6R8PkiNTXajI2TUbwTCYBHLIcVm0/s1600/Pakistan+today+conducted+a+successful+test+launch+of+Intermediate+Range+Shaheen+1A+(Hatf%2BIV)%2BBallistic%2BMissile.%2B%2B(4).jpg" width="212" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Pakistani Army Strategic Forces Command successfully test launched Shaheen 1A (Hatf IV) Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile. The Shaheen 1A (Hatf IV) Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads of <span style="text-align: left;">1,000 kilograms</span> to a distance of 900 Kms.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJSsewuFWsN8wAcG6nYLqCu-rxZ4bAoo20cQod_VFMaNXqxtBOYCJt6x_3BnS6fbPou_WAmEUOhq3_E1EfJDPwfJR7jEX2ZVEIpPUIL60iG4tg4A-I3sJQwGudJr9vieMEKMeqiAADxg/s1600/Pakistan+today+conducted+a+successful+test+launch+of+Intermediate+Range+Shaheen+1A+(Hatf%2BIV)%2BBallistic%2BMissile.%2B%2B(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJSsewuFWsN8wAcG6nYLqCu-rxZ4bAoo20cQod_VFMaNXqxtBOYCJt6x_3BnS6fbPou_WAmEUOhq3_E1EfJDPwfJR7jEX2ZVEIpPUIL60iG4tg4A-I3sJQwGudJr9vieMEKMeqiAADxg/s1600/Pakistan+today+conducted+a+successful+test+launch+of+Intermediate+Range+Shaheen+1A+(Hatf%2BIV)%2BBallistic%2BMissile.%2B%2B(3).jpg" width="212" /></a></div> <span style="text-align: justify;">Shaheen 1A (Hatf IV) Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile </span>is an improved version of the Shaheen I ballistic missile with extended range and indigenously developed highly accurate guidance system.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGxU4HRMEqtPp12mQZhOwmnIz1inCAceGid6_h7g-UUPuMQ0CXVPI5hYxJ2VaUcemfEOV9y2yWrECBYQe9y1hWzLGu0xmWVDASNsUHNiHZAT_L79guvCEyvURdByG1kx_iEfUH0xbzes/s1600/Pakistan+today+conducted+a+successful+test+launch+of+Intermediate+Range+Shaheen+1A+(Hatf%2BIV)%2BBallistic%2BMissile.%2B%2B(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGxU4HRMEqtPp12mQZhOwmnIz1inCAceGid6_h7g-UUPuMQ0CXVPI5hYxJ2VaUcemfEOV9y2yWrECBYQe9y1hWzLGu0xmWVDASNsUHNiHZAT_L79guvCEyvURdByG1kx_iEfUH0xbzes/s1600/Pakistan+today+conducted+a+successful+test+launch+of+Intermediate+Range+Shaheen+1A+(Hatf%2BIV)%2BBallistic%2BMissile.%2B%2B(2).jpg" width="212" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorFcS2bl_gCAUK09agcuDkPVysMw0jPjUb1XoY0CEItqEBBZqjop2wa46xHhRKk9IH-a7jRyn7WyyQp8GZ-Hl0M55MKP76e388coDNnW7uH_6qx7J-LiV76yXJFmlinP5Q4YonKj7G7s/s1600/Pakistan+today+conducted+a+successful+test+launch+of+Intermediate+Range+Shaheen+1A+(Hatf%2BIV)%2BBallistic%2BMissile.%2B%2B(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorFcS2bl_gCAUK09agcuDkPVysMw0jPjUb1XoY0CEItqEBBZqjop2wa46xHhRKk9IH-a7jRyn7WyyQp8GZ-Hl0M55MKP76e388coDNnW7uH_6qx7J-LiV76yXJFmlinP5Q4YonKj7G7s/s1600/Pakistan+today+conducted+a+successful+test+launch+of+Intermediate+Range+Shaheen+1A+(Hatf%2BIV)%2BBallistic%2BMissile.%2B%2B(1).jpg" width="212" /></a></div> <br /></div>

Pakistan Army Strategic Forces Command Tests Shaheen 1A (Hatf IV) Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

Pakistani Army Strategic Forces Command successfully test launched Shaheen 1A (Hatf IV) Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile. The Shahee...

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Pakistani Strategic Missile Group Test Fires Hatf III Ghaznavi Ballistic Missile (SRBM)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5Ea2LSwFphzr9FZIWZho2_2QfQKA7M_r7VuKfKNxxEG631rvhV6ZR7eQhZNCJBwP-z2qq3q6FZe8nu7-qU3So2oALVmEOH2E_Q-5bQDZ6-Wz17aAqP_ugy8v6YVA0n5zK3x6cPyfx_E/s1600/Pakistan+Short+Range+Ballistic+Missile+Hatf+III+(Ghaznavi),+which+can+carry+nuclear+and+conventional+warheads+range+of+290+kilometers.Strategic+Missile+Group.Strategic+Plans+Division.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5Ea2LSwFphzr9FZIWZho2_2QfQKA7M_r7VuKfKNxxEG631rvhV6ZR7eQhZNCJBwP-z2qq3q6FZe8nu7-qU3So2oALVmEOH2E_Q-5bQDZ6-Wz17aAqP_ugy8v6YVA0n5zK3x6cPyfx_E/s1600/Pakistan+Short+Range+Ballistic+Missile+Hatf+III+(Ghaznavi),+which+can+carry+nuclear+and+conventional+warheads+range+of+290+kilometers.Strategic+Missile+Group.Strategic+Plans+Division.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Pakistani Strategic Missile Group of Army Strategic Forces Command has successfully tested Hatf III Ghaznavi Short range ballistic missile (SRBM). The Hatf III Ghaznavi SRBM is designed to carry conventional and nuclear warhead to a distance of 290 kilometres.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Missile was test fired as part of Field Training Exercise of Strategic Missile Group of Army Strategic Forces Command and it was witnessed by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Rashad Mahmood, Director General Strategic Plans Division, Lt Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Commander Army Strategic Forces Command, Lt Gen Obaid Ullah Khan, Chairman NESCOM Muhammad Irfan Burney.</div> </div>

Pakistani Strategic Missile Group Test Fires Hatf III Ghaznavi Ballistic Missile (SRBM)

Pakistani Strategic Missile Group of Army Strategic Forces Command has successfully tested Hatf III Ghaznavi Short range ballistic missi...

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Pakistan Plans To Build Three New Nuclear Power Plants in Punjab At Cost of $ 13 Billion

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekwij7zM0YexEbLshKd8q80gGRzeCTZh4au1eMPNQzYRBMQ9vwCgVO8Ux4ZQBfNvCn68VahuKF0669IMwKKrUIUoM2G8A3og3JSYCT58KTOvpPRdcxlArXwMHDYPVk_VjDnl1734VpKE/s1600/Nuclear+Power+Complex+Karachi+punjab++2200megawatt+power+nuclear+project+two+Chinese+ACP+1000+nuclear+reactors+China+enriched+uranium+for+fuel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekwij7zM0YexEbLshKd8q80gGRzeCTZh4au1eMPNQzYRBMQ9vwCgVO8Ux4ZQBfNvCn68VahuKF0669IMwKKrUIUoM2G8A3og3JSYCT58KTOvpPRdcxlArXwMHDYPVk_VjDnl1734VpKE/s1600/Nuclear+Power+Complex+Karachi+punjab++2200megawatt+power+nuclear+project+two+Chinese+ACP+1000+nuclear+reactors+China+enriched+uranium+for+fuel.jpg" width="277" /></a></div> Pakistan Plans To Build Three 3300-megawatt Chinese ACP-1000 nuclear reactors in Punjab At Cost of $ 13 Billion</div>

Pakistan Plans To Build Three New Nuclear Power Plants in Punjab At Cost of $ 13 Billion

Pakistan Plans To Build Three 3300-megawatt Chinese ACP-1000 nuclear reactors in Punjab At Cost of $ 13 Billion

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Army Chief General Raheel Sharif Visited Strategic Planning Division

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-rbbcjFwI7cADGQ9TslvoMSAALPnsa5qNwSVg4QLXLZTs22P940N6NbS4HwMRcEHWK5HAbkaZn5r6FgHNaGZwWCvuNwV0rtYCPhCIwlF_OBQuLzY0szMI7WfBBFcP9Lxm_TsVG2ZXzs/s1600/Chief+of+Army+Staff,+General+Raheel+Sharif+Friday+visited+the+Strategic+Planning+Division.+Director+General+Strategic+Planning+Division+Lieutenant+General+%C2%AE+Khalid+Ahmed+Kidwai+briefed+.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-rbbcjFwI7cADGQ9TslvoMSAALPnsa5qNwSVg4QLXLZTs22P940N6NbS4HwMRcEHWK5HAbkaZn5r6FgHNaGZwWCvuNwV0rtYCPhCIwlF_OBQuLzY0szMI7WfBBFcP9Lxm_TsVG2ZXzs/s1600/Chief+of+Army+Staff,+General+Raheel+Sharif+Friday+visited+the+Strategic+Planning+Division.+Director+General+Strategic+Planning+Division+Lieutenant+General+%C2%AE+Khalid+Ahmed+Kidwai+briefed+.gif" width="320" /></a></div> <span class="article_seperator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /> <table class="contentpaneopen" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody> <tr style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><td colspan="2" valign="top"><div align="justify"> <span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">Chief of Army Staff </span><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: x-small;">of Pakistan Army</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;">, General Raheel Sharif has </span><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;">visited the Strategic Planning Division and he was briefed by the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;">Director General Strategic Planning Division Lieutenant General ® Khalid Ahmed Kidwai about Pakistan's strategic programme.</span><br /> <span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;"><br /></span> <span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;">Chief of Army Staff has said that Pakistan’s nuclear programme occupies central place for the defence of the country. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;">He expressed his satisfaction over the robust nuclear command and control structure and all the security controls related to strategic assets of the country.</span></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div>

Army Chief General Raheel Sharif Visited Strategic Planning Division

Chief of Army Staff  of Pakistan Army , General Raheel Sharif has  visited the Strategic Planning Division and he was briefed by the D...

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Pakistan Breaks Ground on $9.59 billion Nuclear Power Complex

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin20_WDCni6-kXLs5b-YAFpMSoAG3TJZ-uzY2mnBIzbohjfCrD0clhq3KO2VbGWTtIMIm36KGSBgSNLtYEhJGxsopiOOnW8-xNx6x5O0lJaVlIFhieGtanIKGWKrSaIY2FS4VjDFs2Ow4/s1600/Pakistan+Breaks+Ground+on+Nuclear+Plant+Project+With+China.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin20_WDCni6-kXLs5b-YAFpMSoAG3TJZ-uzY2mnBIzbohjfCrD0clhq3KO2VbGWTtIMIm36KGSBgSNLtYEhJGxsopiOOnW8-xNx6x5O0lJaVlIFhieGtanIKGWKrSaIY2FS4VjDFs2Ow4/s320/Pakistan+Breaks+Ground+on+Nuclear+Plant+Project+With+China.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif broke ground on $9.59 billion Nuclear Power Complex in Karachi. The 2,200-megawatt power nuclear project will be built around two Chinese ACP-1000 nuclear reactors, with China also providing enriched uranium for fuel.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif  said that “The beginning of the 2,200-megawatt power project is indeed a proud moment in the energy history of Pakistan.”</div> </div>

Pakistan Breaks Ground on $9.59 billion Nuclear Power Complex

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif broke ground on $9.59 billion Nuclear Power Complex in Karachi. The 2,200-megawatt power nuclear p...

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Pakistan Fires 4 Maneuverable Surface to Surface Multi Tube Hatf IX (NASR) Ballistic Missiles

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltWI5Dxx-cU5JBDrDWXraA6dAE-V47WZ0wesM7QXArEvrdxKaDvw6b8vnx90vslpGMzpiUGPmlKA9bNVg9FdzvteS1dkn-sFsx6rRaQyR5-X0uvERXVzs6ro6LjrdfnVHkmWZdXqhyDk/s1600/indigenously+developed+Short+Range+Surface+to+Surface+Multi+Tube+Missile+Hatf+IX+(NASR).+NASR,+with+a+range+of+60+Short+Range+Surface+to+Surface+Multi+Tube+Hatf+IX+(NASR)+Ballistic+Missile+is+a+quick+response+system+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltWI5Dxx-cU5JBDrDWXraA6dAE-V47WZ0wesM7QXArEvrdxKaDvw6b8vnx90vslpGMzpiUGPmlKA9bNVg9FdzvteS1dkn-sFsx6rRaQyR5-X0uvERXVzs6ro6LjrdfnVHkmWZdXqhyDk/s320/indigenously+developed+Short+Range+Surface+to+Surface+Multi+Tube+Missile+Hatf+IX+(NASR).+NASR,+with+a+range+of+60+Short+Range+Surface+to+Surface+Multi+Tube+Hatf+IX+(NASR)+Ballistic+Missile+is+a+quick+response+system+(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Pakistan Army has fired a Salvo of four Short Range<a href="http://pakmr.blogspot.com/2011/04/hatf-ix-nasr-multi-tube-ballistic.html"> Surface to Surface Multi Tube Hatf IX (NASR) Ballistic Missiles </a>from a single transporter erector launcher (TEL) which an avoid any tactical anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system in the area and still deliver tactical nuclear warhead.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CfJ39xLY_7hrxqz2i9V3-gYr-3rF_-a9WrkBUQzSLTKQUFgMQLuEyWROD0cY4fhUoxJoNVRTfgW6Mm8bczB54aqke2BSjTmBJcBhDsQuzAmvqzBxQdakuZMmgu_EvDACwBfmkIvlpig/s1600/Pakistan+Army+has+fired+a+Salvo+of+four+Short+Range+Surface+to+Surface+Multi+Tube+Hatf+IX+(NASR)+Ballistic+Missiles+from+a+single+transporter+erector+launcher+(TEL).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CfJ39xLY_7hrxqz2i9V3-gYr-3rF_-a9WrkBUQzSLTKQUFgMQLuEyWROD0cY4fhUoxJoNVRTfgW6Mm8bczB54aqke2BSjTmBJcBhDsQuzAmvqzBxQdakuZMmgu_EvDACwBfmkIvlpig/s320/Pakistan+Army+has+fired+a+Salvo+of+four+Short+Range+Surface+to+Surface+Multi+Tube+Hatf+IX+(NASR)+Ballistic+Missiles+from+a+single+transporter+erector+launcher+(TEL).jpg" width="244" /></a></div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtbra3JhXQgAasYmnbgcw9LWGFcjhv9VelHbxGB22pYrsTS4kzAhTwKbsGD4zCiUW8uqJH7dJqkvt7h6yrFSFOE4aVxuCToadFnb2l3LIDnzltrXIHEbaRceeLLENelC0akNl3cYcZYo/s1600/indigenously+developed+Short+Range+Surface+to+Surface+Multi+Tube+Missile+Hatf+IX+(NASR).+NASR,+with+a+range+of+60+Short+Range+Surface+to+Surface+Multi+Tube+Hatf+IX+(NASR)+Ballistic+Missile+is+a+quick+response+system+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtbra3JhXQgAasYmnbgcw9LWGFcjhv9VelHbxGB22pYrsTS4kzAhTwKbsGD4zCiUW8uqJH7dJqkvt7h6yrFSFOE4aVxuCToadFnb2l3LIDnzltrXIHEbaRceeLLENelC0akNl3cYcZYo/s320/indigenously+developed+Short+Range+Surface+to+Surface+Multi+Tube+Missile+Hatf+IX+(NASR).+NASR,+with+a+range+of+60+Short+Range+Surface+to+Surface+Multi+Tube+Hatf+IX+(NASR)+Ballistic+Missile+is+a+quick+response+system+(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The  Short Range Surface to Surface Multi Tube Hatf IX (NASR) Ballistic Missile is a quick response system which offers Pakistan with “shoot-and-scoot’’ nuclear delivery capability to a distance of 60 kilometers.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo6EZmLhWk5DyMB92CcZPga7QMl6-C8V4YDXz57sofRNWJkRvApHrBNQFvJVO12hHBcCL_EnyIsf1nlwKy2AP689uDIPNtGix7K2-l69_VTGKHOBVj5DYoTcG9VSxbpKB49T99Wt_xcDU/s1600/indigenously+developed+Short+Range+Surface+to+Surface+Multi+Tube+Missile+Hatf+IX+(NASR).+NASR,+with+a+range+of+60+km.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo6EZmLhWk5DyMB92CcZPga7QMl6-C8V4YDXz57sofRNWJkRvApHrBNQFvJVO12hHBcCL_EnyIsf1nlwKy2AP689uDIPNtGix7K2-l69_VTGKHOBVj5DYoTcG9VSxbpKB49T99Wt_xcDU/s320/indigenously+developed+Short+Range+Surface+to+Surface+Multi+Tube+Missile+Hatf+IX+(NASR).+NASR,+with+a+range+of+60+km.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-UcZDGOswmfZ_CUwKeMkh4F_lkz3G-m0uj6mXCzbZ9GiXWTUoqzCi7iCwX7kYYpoKUk2CyS6nOMJ-uN1ZGcSAL0CBQbnf5LPc390WiGhRdrjwRdKfp_Hy-jISbFNvqV30RIZ5igEeI8/s1600/Pakistan+Army%E2%80%99s+Strategic+Force+Command+successfully+test+fired+a+salvo+of+2x+Hatf+IX+(Nasr)+missiles+Pakistan+Fires+4+Short+Range+Surface+to+Surface+Multi+Tube+Hatf+IX+(NASR)+Ballistic+Missiles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-UcZDGOswmfZ_CUwKeMkh4F_lkz3G-m0uj6mXCzbZ9GiXWTUoqzCi7iCwX7kYYpoKUk2CyS6nOMJ-uN1ZGcSAL0CBQbnf5LPc390WiGhRdrjwRdKfp_Hy-jISbFNvqV30RIZ5igEeI8/s320/Pakistan+Army%E2%80%99s+Strategic+Force+Command+successfully+test+fired+a+salvo+of+2x+Hatf+IX+(Nasr)+missiles+Pakistan+Fires+4+Short+Range+Surface+to+Surface+Multi+Tube+Hatf+IX+(NASR)+Ballistic+Missiles.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Hatf IX NASR  is designed with capability to maneuver throughout its flight to defeat Anti ballistic Missile systems.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://pakmr.blogspot.com/2011/04/hatf-ix-nasr-multi-tube-ballistic.html">Hatf IX NASR</a> is equipped with electro optical homing seeker for terminal guidance to achieve extremely low Circular Error Probable (CEP).</div> </div>

Pakistan Fires 4 Maneuverable Surface to Surface Multi Tube Hatf IX (NASR) Ballistic Missiles

Pakistan Army has fired a Salvo of four Short Range Surface to Surface Multi Tube Hatf IX (NASR) Ballistic Missiles from a single trans...

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Command and Control Centres of Naval Strategic Force Command Inaugurated

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCk_XYXka5pIJkXJDdhQAkK_ORfzH3a8z2A_Mam851E33xBCwRTRva6uCt8bd2vhRG8F6jhK6u0-LQGcm9kTNvbUBmNBWZe94wYwZnJnfSTmLD5VwLr0cr2c3JyfREXu8ihlL-lBBjLlI/s1600/Network+Centric+enabled+Command+and+Control+Centres+of+Naval+Strategic+Force+Command.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCk_XYXka5pIJkXJDdhQAkK_ORfzH3a8z2A_Mam851E33xBCwRTRva6uCt8bd2vhRG8F6jhK6u0-LQGcm9kTNvbUBmNBWZe94wYwZnJnfSTmLD5VwLr0cr2c3JyfREXu8ihlL-lBBjLlI/s320/Network+Centric+enabled+Command+and+Control+Centres+of+Naval+Strategic+Force+Command.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> Pakistan has successfully constructed  two Command and Control Centres of Naval Strategic Force Command. These Command and Control are state of the Art fully protacted facilities.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Khalid Shameem Wayne inaugurated these Network Centric enabled Command and Control Centres. Chief of the Naval Staff,  Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila and Director General Strategic Plans Division, Lieutenant General (Retd) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai were also present on these occasions.</div> </div>

Command and Control Centres of Naval Strategic Force Command Inaugurated

Pakistan has successfully constructed  two Command and Control Centres of Naval Strategic Force Command. These Command and Control are s...

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Pakistan test fires Short Range Surface to Surface Missile Hatf IX (NASR)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cll_qVTEE0C9fdpn1iqSc1u8LKJdJaxyQh07STnPTiy8Pwek7HiDA_Hg37fTlYUyZZGV0xF8bs-en_DjAC86ZWqJ3MEpDwTkqAuntGCMx0csmiEHUMZF3OoVGwc7AbZD2zwdxjjSQn8/s1600/Pakistan+conducted+a+successful+test+fire+of+Short+Range+Surface+to+Surface+Missile+Hatf+IX+(NASR)+o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cll_qVTEE0C9fdpn1iqSc1u8LKJdJaxyQh07STnPTiy8Pwek7HiDA_Hg37fTlYUyZZGV0xF8bs-en_DjAC86ZWqJ3MEpDwTkqAuntGCMx0csmiEHUMZF3OoVGwc7AbZD2zwdxjjSQn8/s320/Pakistan+conducted+a+successful+test+fire+of+Short+Range+Surface+to+Surface+Missile+Hatf+IX+(NASR)+o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Pakistan today conducted a successful test fire of <a href="http://pakmr.blogspot.com/2011/04/hatf-ix-nasr-multi-tube-ballistic.html">Short Range Surface to Surface Missile Hatf IX (NASR)</a>. The test fire was conducted with successive launches of two missiles from a state of the art multi tube launcher. NASR, with a range of 60 km, and inflight maneuver capability can carry nuclear warheads of appropriate yield, with high accuracy. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This quick response system, which can fire a four Missile Salvo ensures deterrence against threats in view of evolving scenarios. Additionally NASR has been specially designed to defeat all known Anti Tactical Missile Defence Systems.</div> </div>

Pakistan test fires Short Range Surface to Surface Missile Hatf IX (NASR)

Pakistan today conducted a successful test fire of Short Range Surface to Surface Missile Hatf IX (NASR) . The test fire was conducted w...

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Pakistan Tests Automated Strategic Command Control & Support System

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiYbFlnvXPmCYzK0gM4CtVM2fcLRgT1DKun-vnMpKOHU9-n-sQjDzWdQuUJVeWRBeetfhU5VSYTM6319fvDK__1V4N_XY6H2Kar3mobLDXGs5huhrEGpe0G8ENRKtsLJ5KeNgGubQV7k/s1600/Medium+Range+Ballistic+Missile+Hatf+V+(Ghauri)+Army+Strategic+Force+Command++liquid+fuel+National+Command+Centre+National+Command+Authority%E2%80%99s+fully+automated+Strategic+Command+and+Control+Support+System+(SCCSS)+pakistan+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiYbFlnvXPmCYzK0gM4CtVM2fcLRgT1DKun-vnMpKOHU9-n-sQjDzWdQuUJVeWRBeetfhU5VSYTM6319fvDK__1V4N_XY6H2Kar3mobLDXGs5huhrEGpe0G8ENRKtsLJ5KeNgGubQV7k/s320/Medium+Range+Ballistic+Missile+Hatf+V+(Ghauri)+Army+Strategic+Force+Command++liquid+fuel+National+Command+Centre+National+Command+Authority%E2%80%99s+fully+automated+Strategic+Command+and+Control+Support+System+(SCCSS)+pakistan+(1).jpg" width="224" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> Pakistan's Army Strategic Force Command has successfully tested National Command Authority’s fully automated Strategic Command and Control Support System (SCCSS) during the recent test of the Hatf V Ghauri I Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM).</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> Automated Strategic Command and Control Support System has been developed for the robust Command and Control capability over all the nuclear weapons and their delivery systems of Pakistan.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TWW7YjckMMsx_dc-fn_KIrnmBhp1J9EMXzbj1XGScIrjn13IIj5WPIj5I0yZhyphenhyphenAiiPT7aiCv3m5NoYRetblmhW1vfY_lUSJ9n-2T6rebcV6qMjiB_YFGWAl4YCjg12j2ck5fiUUMZ4A/s1600/Medium+Range+Ballistic+Missile+Hatf+V+%2528Ghauri%2529+Army+Strategic+Force+Command++liquid+fuel+National+Command+Centre+National+Command+Authority%25E2%2580%2599s+fully+automated+Strategic+Command+and+Control+Support+System+%2528SCCSS%2529+pakistan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TWW7YjckMMsx_dc-fn_KIrnmBhp1J9EMXzbj1XGScIrjn13IIj5WPIj5I0yZhyphenhyphenAiiPT7aiCv3m5NoYRetblmhW1vfY_lUSJ9n-2T6rebcV6qMjiB_YFGWAl4YCjg12j2ck5fiUUMZ4A/s320/Medium+Range+Ballistic+Missile+Hatf+V+%2528Ghauri%2529+Army+Strategic+Force+Command++liquid+fuel+National+Command+Centre+National+Command+Authority%25E2%2580%2599s+fully+automated+Strategic+Command+and+Control+Support+System+%2528SCCSS%2529+pakistan.jpg" width="212" /></a></div> Hatf V Ghauri I Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) is the only liquid fuel missile in Pakistan's inventary and it has range of around 1300 kms.<br /> <br /> <br /></div>

Pakistan Tests Automated Strategic Command Control & Support System

Pakistan's Army Strategic Force Command has successfully tested National Command Authority’s fully automated Strategic Command and C...

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Passing Out Parade of The Security Soldiers of Strategic Plans Division

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwrK7nOi5vfdH0r8zj4pfZ4tWZV_9WjFLB_2un4R687k2tJR48dNz4YiVe1tfFjWvvpBD8t-Yt5mATMmxNGvSFVvTVh4G1JNAR0LDsyaHjFebz2E3Ib2mfpehTsw4gWNxhmlAIJ8M2ABE/s1600/Commander+Army+Strategic+Force+Command+(ASFC)+Lieutenant+General+Tariq+Nadeem+Gilani+parade+of+a+batch+of+450+Security+Soldiers+of+the+Strategic+Plans+Division+at+Baloch+Regimental+C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwrK7nOi5vfdH0r8zj4pfZ4tWZV_9WjFLB_2un4R687k2tJR48dNz4YiVe1tfFjWvvpBD8t-Yt5mATMmxNGvSFVvTVh4G1JNAR0LDsyaHjFebz2E3Ib2mfpehTsw4gWNxhmlAIJ8M2ABE/s320/Commander+Army+Strategic+Force+Command+(ASFC)+Lieutenant+General+Tariq+Nadeem+Gilani+parade+of+a+batch+of+450+Security+Soldiers+of+the+Strategic+Plans+Division+at+Baloch+Regimental+C.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In an impressive ceremony, a batch of 450 <a href="http://pakmr.blogspot.com/2012/02/field-training-exercises-of-spds.html">security soldiers of the Strategic Plans Division</a> passed out from the Frontier Force Regimental Centre at Abbotabad today. Commander Army Strategic Force Command (ASFC) Lt General Tariq Nadeem Gilani was the Chief Guest. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> </div>

Passing Out Parade of The Security Soldiers of Strategic Plans Division

In an impressive ceremony, a batch of 450 security soldiers of the Strategic Plans Division passed out from the Frontier Force Regiment...

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SPD's Special Response Force Hold Training Exercise

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rKGbnBlBtLe02kIS7-4RcR8Cr7KX6xORLYVO6Bi40NzCReHcK7Nw8wIdZgaITMlE9jvnCoQ_sIzKOA3tBNqx5o1HHJMU1MS86JDB0lmCKgbj3AYWCdx3LchyphenhypheninrQbw9IOUfguxVCy08/s1600/General+Khalid+Shameem+Wynne,+Chairman+Joint+Chiefs+of+Staff+Committee+witnessing+security+exercise+of+Strategic+Plans+Division.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rKGbnBlBtLe02kIS7-4RcR8Cr7KX6xORLYVO6Bi40NzCReHcK7Nw8wIdZgaITMlE9jvnCoQ_sIzKOA3tBNqx5o1HHJMU1MS86JDB0lmCKgbj3AYWCdx3LchyphenhypheninrQbw9IOUfguxVCy08/s320/General+Khalid+Shameem+Wynne,+Chairman+Joint+Chiefs+of+Staff+Committee+witnessing+security+exercise+of+Strategic+Plans+Division.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> General Khalid Shameem Wynne, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee witnessed <a href="http://pakmr.blogspot.com/2012/02/field-training-exercises-of-spds.html">security exercise of Special Response Force of the Strategic Plans Division.</a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9obzCIdVDynBLGMcj8x_ikjllx61nGskvG66tDswIqd3Bqtx9o8X-On2liEgtQtNwOsC1ud3GOZWXE3M0Q4JXc3t2acSThctVCt8wT17wGNzN0mqlabAbbLi11XJBLIv0vy2nFrRbUk/s1600/General+Khalid+Shameem+Wynne,+Chairman+Joint+Chiefs+of+Staff+Committee+witnessing+security+exercise+of+Strategic+Plans+Division.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9obzCIdVDynBLGMcj8x_ikjllx61nGskvG66tDswIqd3Bqtx9o8X-On2liEgtQtNwOsC1ud3GOZWXE3M0Q4JXc3t2acSThctVCt8wT17wGNzN0mqlabAbbLi11XJBLIv0vy2nFrRbUk/s320/General+Khalid+Shameem+Wynne,+Chairman+Joint+Chiefs+of+Staff+Committee+witnessing+security+exercise+of+Strategic+Plans+Division.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> Exercise was aimed at reviewing enhanced measures. General Khalid Shameem Wynne appreciated the skills, expertise and professionalism of participating troops and expressed complete confidence in their capabilities.</div> </div>

SPD's Special Response Force Hold Training Exercise

General Khalid Shameem Wynne, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee witnessed security exercise of Special Response Force of the Stra...

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Pakistan Test Fires Hatf III Ghaznavi Short Range Ballistic Missile

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5Ea2LSwFphzr9FZIWZho2_2QfQKA7M_r7VuKfKNxxEG631rvhV6ZR7eQhZNCJBwP-z2qq3q6FZe8nu7-qU3So2oALVmEOH2E_Q-5bQDZ6-Wz17aAqP_ugy8v6YVA0n5zK3x6cPyfx_E/s1600/Pakistan+Short+Range+Ballistic+Missile+Hatf+III+%28Ghaznavi%29,+which+can+carry+nuclear+and+conventional+warheads+range+of+290+kilometers.Strategic+Missile+Group.Strategic+Plans+Division.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5Ea2LSwFphzr9FZIWZho2_2QfQKA7M_r7VuKfKNxxEG631rvhV6ZR7eQhZNCJBwP-z2qq3q6FZe8nu7-qU3So2oALVmEOH2E_Q-5bQDZ6-Wz17aAqP_ugy8v6YVA0n5zK3x6cPyfx_E/s320/Pakistan+Short+Range+Ballistic+Missile+Hatf+III+%28Ghaznavi%29,+which+can+carry+nuclear+and+conventional+warheads+range+of+290+kilometers.Strategic+Missile+Group.Strategic+Plans+Division.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Pakistan on Thursday, May 10, 2012 conducted a successful training launch of Short Range Ballistic Missile Hatf III (Ghaznavi), which can carry nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 290 kilometers. The launch was conducted at the conclusion of the annual field training exercise of Army Strategic Force Command.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  The exercise was aimed at testing the operational readiness of a Strategic Missile Group. The field exercise of the ASFC was witnessed by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Khalid Shameem Wynne, Director General Strategic Plans Division Lieutenant General Khalid Ahmed Kidwai (R), Commander Army Strategic Force Command Lieutenant General Tariq Nadeem Gilani, Commander Karachi Corps Lieutenant General Muhammad Ijaz Chaudhry, Chairman NESCOM Mr Muhammad Irfan Burney, and other senior military officials and scientists.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  Addressing the troops in the exercise area, the CJCSC commended the troops on displaying a high standard of proficiency in handling and operating the state of the art weapon system. He said that the nation had developed a strong nuclear deterrence capability and expected that the officers and men entrusted with the task of deterring aggression would continue to train hard and maintain professional excellence.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  He said that Pakistan’s Armed Forces were fully capable of safeguarding Pakistan’s security against aggression. The successful test has also been warmly appreciated by the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan, who have congratulated the participating ASFC troops, the scientists and the engineers on their outstanding success. ISPR</div> </div>

Pakistan Test Fires Hatf III Ghaznavi Short Range Ballistic Missile

Pakistan on Thursday, May 10, 2012 conducted a successful training launch of Short Range Ballistic Missile Hatf III (Ghaznavi), which ca...

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Indian Naval Upsurge

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycEroGwWhyphenhyphennl24D8z0dZDSfyaMwXTnfaR1IEPWi8_mLZPhNZ1H-8a-1hrAkcqCkjbzxIQEJ6xYUlCcN1zhmYtrbUS7UJfVAlmPezy5ZkCvX67RbMV2WHuzShiIUYrNv3EbnZF7FxOh78/s1600/INS+Chakra+was+a+Soviet+670A+Skat+series+(Charlie+class)+nuclear+powered+attack+submarine+leased+by+India+i.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycEroGwWhyphenhyphennl24D8z0dZDSfyaMwXTnfaR1IEPWi8_mLZPhNZ1H-8a-1hrAkcqCkjbzxIQEJ6xYUlCcN1zhmYtrbUS7UJfVAlmPezy5ZkCvX67RbMV2WHuzShiIUYrNv3EbnZF7FxOh78/s320/INS+Chakra+was+a+Soviet+670A+Skat+series+(Charlie+class)+nuclear+powered+attack+submarine+leased+by+India+i.jpg" width="318" /></a></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span id="goog_866500923"></span><span id="goog_866500924"></span></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> By: S M Hali </div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> Pakistan Naval (PN) Chief Admiral Asif Sandila, in an interview to the US weekly, Defense News, responding to a question regarding the threat Pakistan faces from an Indian nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed ballistic submarine upsetting the current strategic balance in South Asia, stated that “The strategic dimension of India’s naval build-up is a cause of concern not only for us but for the entire Indian Ocean region.”</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> Indian Navy (IN), in effect, is on a massive upsurge plan to build a blue water armada. Its colossal development plans include the acquisition of both indigenous and leased nuclear powered submarines and various other platforms capable of launching nuclear weapons to complete its triad i.e. delivering nuclear weapons from the air, surface and sub-surface thus confirming its second strike capability. India’s initiation to nuclear subs came with its acquisition of a Chakra class nuclear submarine from former USSR in 1987 on 10 years lease.<br /> <br />   The invaluable experience led to its desire for the development of indigenous nuclear submarines under the head of Advanced Technology Vessels (ATV) at Shipping Centre Vishakhapatnam in 1998.  Indian scientists claimed that they have been able to fit an indigenous Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) of 90 MW in the ATV’s hull.  However, it is assessed that the PWR has been acquired from Russia.  By mid 96, an amount of US$ 185.7 million was spent on ATV project and the cost has now escalated to US$ 3.7 billion.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcae8KXSfyAtRcJoRA2bm3q5S5HY8xCuFlI_iFPhhOkiWB4vkclVcg5eAINidEg0S_8UlPgr_ebx5OYtmwT4Q4h0WvRbGuFEhNtlZQwygSCd_SFbowr1SVv3kZ9iU6f0VEC2veTpCj8HA/s1600/Advanced_technology_vessel+indian+ssbn+slbm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcae8KXSfyAtRcJoRA2bm3q5S5HY8xCuFlI_iFPhhOkiWB4vkclVcg5eAINidEg0S_8UlPgr_ebx5OYtmwT4Q4h0WvRbGuFEhNtlZQwygSCd_SFbowr1SVv3kZ9iU6f0VEC2veTpCj8HA/s320/Advanced_technology_vessel+indian+ssbn+slbm.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <br /></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> At present, India has 14 active submarines in the fleet whereas IN has contracted France for 6 Scorpene submarines.  These subs are being constructed in Indian shipyard and are likely to be inducted in Indian fleet by 2018.  The Defence Committee of India has also approved procurement of 6 more conventional Submarines in addition to the six already being built with the help of France. The PWR of India’s first indigenously developed ATV, INS/M Arihant went active last year, while its sea trials are completing soon and Arihant’s induction is expected by end 2012.  Simultaneously, fabrication work on the three follow-on nuclear-powered submarines is in full swing whereas, the reactor for the 2nd S/M is being constructed with the help of Russia.  The 2nd INS/M Aridhaman is expected to be ready for sea trials by 2015.  The IN nuclear subs are to be armed initially with the 750 km Sagarika (K-15) Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBM) and at a later stage with the under-development 3,500 km K-4 SLBMs.  INS/M Arihant has four silos to carry twelve 750 km range, Sagarika SLBM or four K-4s.  Meanwhile, IN has acquired two Russian Akula-II class nuclear submarines on lease from Russia because it wants to have three SSBNs and six SSNs (Nuclear-powered Attack Submarines) in the long term.  It is envisaged that by 2025 India will have around 30 conventional Submarines in her flotilla.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRkS02GX2hyyLznCD7Emm8Yk8e9_clNX1FWoUKXbKgk08_YEKYIRKtTPJUxbZ5XlrvzF4jwBAHd02zaEHl5gqZE2X3ww4_6QZ8acb8oKfy8y9eumCQr8Wev1hlSDGDNfgpGbTcJzFvJk/s1600/news_Submarine-Akula-II_281.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRkS02GX2hyyLznCD7Emm8Yk8e9_clNX1FWoUKXbKgk08_YEKYIRKtTPJUxbZ5XlrvzF4jwBAHd02zaEHl5gqZE2X3ww4_6QZ8acb8oKfy8y9eumCQr8Wev1hlSDGDNfgpGbTcJzFvJk/s320/news_Submarine-Akula-II_281.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> The induction of the nuclear submarines in the Indian Ocean will have serious implications for the region. It is going to elevate the international status of India amongst regional and extra regional nations/navies, while the existing security calculus in Arabian Sea vis-à-vis PN will significantly shift in the favour of IN. The threat to Chinese, Australian, Indonesian and other regional navies will increase multifold. Nuclear submarines provide the reach to attack the adversary in far flung waters across the globe as well as remain undetected under water at great depths for prolonged periods, without needing to come up to the surface for recharging its batteries or refueling. Operationally, they will act as a force multiplier armed with nuclear tipped missiles, their induction will further enhance IN’s capabilities to strike inside Pakistan while staying well away from Pakistani coast line.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWQ__L6rLFD4MTkIhyphenhyphenHfbIR3bQEzV5LK9Z0xwQrldck_MoitmokZ5OrhxhZuf8NHWm8Qlp3CB6P5VXLRKZIHPe9QnrsfoLoQwt3XC-m-hPZc8oNRg33H9tiIIJtG02HmhFICdcl8OPw/s1600/INS+Vikramaditya+aircraft+carrier+Admiral+Gorshkov+Indian+Navy+STOBAR+MiG-29K+and+Sea+Harrier+ski-jump+Ka-28+ASW+Ka-31+helicopters+AEW+HAL+Tejas+lca-n+fighter+jet+Kiev+class+Bharat+Military+Review+ready+operational+delivered++%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWQ__L6rLFD4MTkIhyphenhyphenHfbIR3bQEzV5LK9Z0xwQrldck_MoitmokZ5OrhxhZuf8NHWm8Qlp3CB6P5VXLRKZIHPe9QnrsfoLoQwt3XC-m-hPZc8oNRg33H9tiIIJtG02HmhFICdcl8OPw/s320/INS+Vikramaditya+aircraft+carrier+Admiral+Gorshkov+Indian+Navy+STOBAR+MiG-29K+and+Sea+Harrier+ski-jump+Ka-28+ASW+Ka-31+helicopters+AEW+HAL+Tejas+lca-n+fighter+jet+Kiev+class+Bharat+Military+Review+ready+operational+delivered++%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> IN’s other acquisitions include the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, renamed as INS Vikramaditya with 16 MiG-29K/KUBs and 6 to 8 Ka-31 AEW helicopters. India is also constructing 3 Indigenous Aircraft Carriers for the IN. It also plans to construct 3 destroyers of Kolkata class and Guided Missile Frigate’s, four ASW Corvettes, four 4 Saryu class Operational Patrol Vessels, four Landing Platform Docks, and acquire two Osprey Class Mine Hunters and eight P8-I Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft from USA, besides developing additional strategic naval bases.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> In the face of such a massive build-up, PN has its task cut out. It cannot match IN ship to ship but the Pakistani Naval Chief in his interview stated “We are mindful of this development and taking necessary measures to restore the strategic balance.” The nation thus needs to invest prudently into building its navy.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The writer is a political and defence analyst and article was originally posted in The Nation</span></span></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> Email: sultanm.hali@gmail.com</div> </div>

Indian Naval Upsurge

By: S M Hali  Pakistan Naval (PN) Chief Admiral Asif Sandila, in an interview to the US weekly, Defense News, responding to a questi...

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Field Training Exercises of SPD’s Special Response Force (SRF)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvRGq5MSRp9sXGCGvgC-3zhDLd60nsacDY52aEwZRRJ4ctxDJcNn2e6PJzgAPflmIV3cH2vFSGSFOGP3s9njkd1ipssqKQv6gECEqxTmK73XIXbSHTOg7bi6FF1JXUx1mromZgBG4S9c/s1600/paf+pn+pa+pakistan+nuclear+weapons+missiles+warheads+tested+exercise+security+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvRGq5MSRp9sXGCGvgC-3zhDLd60nsacDY52aEwZRRJ4ctxDJcNn2e6PJzgAPflmIV3cH2vFSGSFOGP3s9njkd1ipssqKQv6gECEqxTmK73XIXbSHTOg7bi6FF1JXUx1mromZgBG4S9c/s320/paf+pn+pa+pakistan+nuclear+weapons+missiles+warheads+tested+exercise+security+(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Field training exercises of the Strategic Plans Division(SPD) Special Response Force (SRF).</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tsmz-Rw2nJkN2V0LFKhpfzK9Nyb_jIQEy17dcoS7eocQ7HQi3uhDEoYvU-7Fsg_905foD9dqkoz3xiEx4EAQb1uWrjxdeBUp3YBmq_7trpESONI-PWSADx4f2WQ3J7hGDVGIUDV7uCc/s1600/paf+pn+pa+pakistan+nuclear+weapons+missiles+warheads+tested+exercise+security+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tsmz-Rw2nJkN2V0LFKhpfzK9Nyb_jIQEy17dcoS7eocQ7HQi3uhDEoYvU-7Fsg_905foD9dqkoz3xiEx4EAQb1uWrjxdeBUp3YBmq_7trpESONI-PWSADx4f2WQ3J7hGDVGIUDV7uCc/s320/paf+pn+pa+pakistan+nuclear+weapons+missiles+warheads+tested+exercise+security+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> This exercise of the Special Response Force (SRF) was witnessed by the<a href="http://pakmr.blogspot.com/2012/02/pakistans-nuclear-assets-guarantee.html"> Director General Strategic Plans Division Lieutenant General Khalid Ahmed Kidwai (Retired).</a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO6dGtVR48nb5NAc8CwSIs9M-Ynq7c1PozwqqY3rcPYKiMDUfg8eTZCARcbjXR-E2SdAFxES6t3GXkcbtM33O8n5-QA3TFXxxni1OpVaemxjaFyYrWlDKjTj27HsOv-aN4YW-PzNvpDnA/s1600/paf+pn+pa+pakistan+nuclear+weapons+missiles+warheads+tested+exercise+security+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO6dGtVR48nb5NAc8CwSIs9M-Ynq7c1PozwqqY3rcPYKiMDUfg8eTZCARcbjXR-E2SdAFxES6t3GXkcbtM33O8n5-QA3TFXxxni1OpVaemxjaFyYrWlDKjTj27HsOv-aN4YW-PzNvpDnA/s320/paf+pn+pa+pakistan+nuclear+weapons+missiles+warheads+tested+exercise+security+%25283%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="text-align: center;">Special Response Force (SRF) is trained to handle the security of the Pakistani </span>nuclear assets.</div>

Field Training Exercises of SPD’s Special Response Force (SRF)

Field training exercises of the Strategic Plans Division(SPD) Special Response Force (SRF). This exercise of the Special Response ...

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ISI Chief Lt Gen Shuja Pasha To Head Strategic Planning Directorate

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.indiapost.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ISI-chief-Lt-Gen-Ahmed-Shuja-Pasha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" loading="lazy" src="http://www.indiapost.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ISI-chief-Lt-Gen-Ahmed-Shuja-Pasha.jpg" width="320"></a></div> ISI Chief, Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha is considered as most likely candidate to  replace Lt Gen (r) Khalid Kidwai, who has led the Strategic Plans Division for over a decade.<br> <br> </div></div>

ISI Chief Lt Gen Shuja Pasha To Head Strategic Planning Directorate

ISI Chief, Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha is considered as most likely candidate to  replace Lt Gen (r) Khalid Kidwai, who has led the Strateg...

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Pakistan's Nuclear Assets Guarantee Nation's Security

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvRGq5MSRp9sXGCGvgC-3zhDLd60nsacDY52aEwZRRJ4ctxDJcNn2e6PJzgAPflmIV3cH2vFSGSFOGP3s9njkd1ipssqKQv6gECEqxTmK73XIXbSHTOg7bi6FF1JXUx1mromZgBG4S9c/s1600/paf+pn+pa+pakistan+nuclear+weapons+missiles+warheads+tested+exercise+security+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvRGq5MSRp9sXGCGvgC-3zhDLd60nsacDY52aEwZRRJ4ctxDJcNn2e6PJzgAPflmIV3cH2vFSGSFOGP3s9njkd1ipssqKQv6gECEqxTmK73XIXbSHTOg7bi6FF1JXUx1mromZgBG4S9c/s320/paf+pn+pa+pakistan+nuclear+weapons+missiles+warheads+tested+exercise+security+(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsG_vl-30iqVZL24eJxWTUUl1B1CkEk91EIxbxqK4pLjPFhlcF6Olu3Sn0Q-WLXOIpydyUTE3fiLjnh6OK7OG5jud45Mhy2Rp2A5S_K2gHTtaISHYgByc5vBE52XwAlfW-MLaBOY3Bmc/s1600/pakistan+nuclear+weapons+missiles+warheads+tested+exercise+security.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsG_vl-30iqVZL24eJxWTUUl1B1CkEk91EIxbxqK4pLjPFhlcF6Olu3Sn0Q-WLXOIpydyUTE3fiLjnh6OK7OG5jud45Mhy2Rp2A5S_K2gHTtaISHYgByc5vBE52XwAlfW-MLaBOY3Bmc/s320/pakistan+nuclear+weapons+missiles+warheads+tested+exercise+security.png" width="320" /></a></div> Head of the Strategic Planning Directorate (SPD), Lt Gen (r) Khalid Kidwai has said that Pakistan's nuclear assets guarantee the Pakistan's safety.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tsmz-Rw2nJkN2V0LFKhpfzK9Nyb_jIQEy17dcoS7eocQ7HQi3uhDEoYvU-7Fsg_905foD9dqkoz3xiEx4EAQb1uWrjxdeBUp3YBmq_7trpESONI-PWSADx4f2WQ3J7hGDVGIUDV7uCc/s1600/paf+pn+pa+pakistan+nuclear+weapons+missiles+warheads+tested+exercise+security+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tsmz-Rw2nJkN2V0LFKhpfzK9Nyb_jIQEy17dcoS7eocQ7HQi3uhDEoYvU-7Fsg_905foD9dqkoz3xiEx4EAQb1uWrjxdeBUp3YBmq_7trpESONI-PWSADx4f2WQ3J7hGDVGIUDV7uCc/s320/paf+pn+pa+pakistan+nuclear+weapons+missiles+warheads+tested+exercise+security+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO6dGtVR48nb5NAc8CwSIs9M-Ynq7c1PozwqqY3rcPYKiMDUfg8eTZCARcbjXR-E2SdAFxES6t3GXkcbtM33O8n5-QA3TFXxxni1OpVaemxjaFyYrWlDKjTj27HsOv-aN4YW-PzNvpDnA/s1600/paf+pn+pa+pakistan+nuclear+weapons+missiles+warheads+tested+exercise+security+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO6dGtVR48nb5NAc8CwSIs9M-Ynq7c1PozwqqY3rcPYKiMDUfg8eTZCARcbjXR-E2SdAFxES6t3GXkcbtM33O8n5-QA3TFXxxni1OpVaemxjaFyYrWlDKjTj27HsOv-aN4YW-PzNvpDnA/s320/paf+pn+pa+pakistan+nuclear+weapons+missiles+warheads+tested+exercise+security+%25283%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /></div>

Pakistan's Nuclear Assets Guarantee Nation's Security

Head of the Strategic Planning Directorate (SPD), Lt Gen (r) Khalid Kidwai has said that Pakistan's nuclear assets guarantee the ...

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Russia Hands Over Charlie II/Nerpa Nuclear Attack Submarine to India

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_j5GSbL_rB69FpTgTOFZwAbuBb1NDRXcJm_f8ew7t0Vk_9DGuoOch1iHyY2jyiDQ8o3J-fsSpKEcoSOYIsoyBnCUkvsXfpeh_soPQT7T5EwdNYlLLA2uBqQB_NbRp-WAeVJdM4-0Wng/s1600/INS+Chakra+II+%2528%25D0%259A-152+Nerpa%2529+8%252C140-tonne+%25288%252C010-long-ton%2529+Project+971+Shchuka-B+%2528NATO+Akula+II%2529+type+nuclear-powered+attack+submarine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_j5GSbL_rB69FpTgTOFZwAbuBb1NDRXcJm_f8ew7t0Vk_9DGuoOch1iHyY2jyiDQ8o3J-fsSpKEcoSOYIsoyBnCUkvsXfpeh_soPQT7T5EwdNYlLLA2uBqQB_NbRp-WAeVJdM4-0Wng/s320/INS+Chakra+II+%2528%25D0%259A-152+Nerpa%2529+8%252C140-tonne+%25288%252C010-long-ton%2529+Project+971+Shchuka-B+%2528NATO+Akula+II%2529+type+nuclear-powered+attack+submarine.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Russia has handed over the Project 971 Akula II class, "К-152 Nerpa" nuclear-powered attack submarine to the Indian Navy (IN) on a ten year lease at a cost of over USD 900 million at the Russian port of Vladivostok.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The "К-152 Nerpa" nuclear-powered attack submarine will become first operational nuclear submarine to be operated by Indian Navy in last two decades.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Indian Navy had operated Charlie class nuclear powered cruise missile submarine under lease from the Soviet Navy between 1988 and 1991 which helped Indian in the development of the Arihant (Slayer of Enemies) nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.<br /> <br /> The design of the Indian Arihant nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine is based on the Russian Charlie class nuclear powered cruise missile submarine and it can can carry up to twelve K-15 Sagarika submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) with range of 750 kilometers.<br /> <br /> The К-152 Nerpa nuclear-powered attack submarine will be renamed by the Indian Navy as Charlie II nuclear submarine. The Charlie II nuclear-powered attack submarine was scheduled to be handed over to  IN in 2009 but accident in the Sea of Japan in November 2008 resulted in the death of twenty sailors on board during its trials which delayed the delivery.</div> </div>

Russia Hands Over Charlie II/Nerpa Nuclear Attack Submarine to India

Russia has handed over the Project 971 Akula II class, "К-152 Nerpa" nuclear-powered attack submarine to the Indian Navy (IN) ...

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Pakistan & India Extend Nuclear and Ballistic Missile Agreements

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFHflkYcfoYvxoSCytp9_cQTnE3dPNEnbaL3nkEykQpItJX47Ft3lYqsjhCiU_LuppTa7n6lPpZc0g5oa3c3RAJRa5I4lFxA65XMrQy-c0kIz0CRE7blYXHmMOjV_utNtxCJBXCSCO-U/s1600/Hatf-2_Abdali_Short-Range_Ballistic_Missile_SRBM_Pakistan_Pakistani_army_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFHflkYcfoYvxoSCytp9_cQTnE3dPNEnbaL3nkEykQpItJX47Ft3lYqsjhCiU_LuppTa7n6lPpZc0g5oa3c3RAJRa5I4lFxA65XMrQy-c0kIz0CRE7blYXHmMOjV_utNtxCJBXCSCO-U/s320/Hatf-2_Abdali_Short-Range_Ballistic_Missile_SRBM_Pakistan_Pakistani_army_001.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As part of Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), Pakistan and has agreed to extend the agreements related to the ballistic missile testing and risk reduction from accidents related to nuclear weapons for another five years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">These decisions were taken after two day discussions about the possible missile, nuclear and conventional CBMs.</div></div>

Pakistan & India Extend Nuclear and Ballistic Missile Agreements

As part of Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), Pakistan and has agreed to extend the agreements related to the ballistic missile testing an...

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Growth Strategy Based on Major Cuts in Pakistani Nuclear Budget

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6XVQOekXEqSsfB1NlP63SfG52lPYrFHCI_NAfHs2xmdDGI5VIGQpkdHYCxZrHYh6jI49k7-hXxDPEhijn2ulBy-925Qa5tEg0OpRIlBLnnylUeujn_e7hVe-Q9-qcx-s0KIMmTj0qEo/s1600/Pakistani+Hatf-3+Ghaznavi+d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6XVQOekXEqSsfB1NlP63SfG52lPYrFHCI_NAfHs2xmdDGI5VIGQpkdHYCxZrHYh6jI49k7-hXxDPEhijn2ulBy-925Qa5tEg0OpRIlBLnnylUeujn_e7hVe-Q9-qcx-s0KIMmTj0qEo/s320/Pakistani+Hatf-3+Ghaznavi+d.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The deputy chairman Planning Commission of Pakistan, Dr Nadeem-ul-Haq</b> was to delivered a  speech at the  National Defence University (NDU) about the <b>new growth strategy for Pakistan which will at very least, involve major cuts Pakistani nuclear budget or completely abandon the Pakistani the nuclear program.</b> His speech was canceled at the last moment.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">This raises the question if the federal government of Pakistan, run by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was actually following the Memo agenda? <br /> <br /> Earlier, former Foreign Minister Shah Qureshi has said,<b> "Our nuclear weapons are in safe hands, but they are under threat from the policymakers."</b>  He added that President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari offered to abandon the first strike option.<br /> <br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Under instructions from the federal government, Dr Nadeem-ul-Haq was to deliver his speech on Dec 26 about his research which concludes <b>that only way Pakistan can achieve the sustainable economic growth and development is if Pakistan makes major cuts in it’s nuclear program and subsequently follow the South African </b>example by <a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Safrica/SADisarming.html">dismantling the nuclear program altogether</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the Pakistani media giant "The Jang group", The deputy chairman Planning Commission of Pakistan, Dr Nadeem-ul-Haq has said,</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><b>“This lecture is cancelled. This lecture had nothing to do with the nuclear programme of Pakistan."</b></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><b><br /> </b><b>“You people have no interest in what I have to argue. You people don’t want development in this country. You people want to continue by taking the nuclear programme in your laps.”</b></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><b><br /> “Mashallah, keep on sitting with this nuclear programme and simply forget about the development of the country. You people don’t need any progress.”</b></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><b>“It is so, it is so, he repeated, and all you journalists want it like that, and even Imran Khan spoke the same today. What is all this? Why does nobody want development?”</b> </blockquote></div></div>When Dr Nadeem-ul-Haq was told that both sustainable economic growth and Pakistani nuclear program can go side by side and making assertions that Pakistani development is linked to the abandonment of Pakistani nuclear program, Dr Nadeem said,<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “No, it is so. You don’t want development. I declare it with my full assertion that it is so.” </blockquote></div>

Growth Strategy Based on Major Cuts in Pakistani Nuclear Budget

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Pakistan And India To Hold Nuclear CBM Talks Later This Month

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpifSc38zx-ZZkKMZt2ALvRQZuFwUpQ_PPeT6aAQDx43RnQQD5Z9aQ91ild_tpFI2JovldVub0jZqJz70yhTs1cA2b1hQsalkAbguU0xrcFBXsdb9uiGbaU2ZYZ9xawcoLrE8YdtGT6c/s1600/Pakistani+Hatf-6+Shaheen-2+MRBM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="127" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpifSc38zx-ZZkKMZt2ALvRQZuFwUpQ_PPeT6aAQDx43RnQQD5Z9aQ91ild_tpFI2JovldVub0jZqJz70yhTs1cA2b1hQsalkAbguU0xrcFBXsdb9uiGbaU2ZYZ9xawcoLrE8YdtGT6c/s200/Pakistani+Hatf-6+Shaheen-2+MRBM.jpg" width="200"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbKHhKSTO6KkO2MoZvso_95NrXgp4bfBQwdFyqVNEVvknAofgROq-TLzH2ZuSdURikC03dfXLOqRHp3ZsZSlger-mB2hIkh8wqGXx_56qqq4CTs7Rqae-95FKQzs1BknoVJf3Eye7YQ/s1600/Indian+ballistic+missile+Agni-+I+II+III+IV+V+VI+SRBM+IRBM+MRBM+ICBM+nuclear+capable+tested+success+failure+strategic+force+comand+slbm+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbKHhKSTO6KkO2MoZvso_95NrXgp4bfBQwdFyqVNEVvknAofgROq-TLzH2ZuSdURikC03dfXLOqRHp3ZsZSlger-mB2hIkh8wqGXx_56qqq4CTs7Rqae-95FKQzs1BknoVJf3Eye7YQ/s200/Indian+ballistic+missile+Agni-+I+II+III+IV+V+VI+SRBM+IRBM+MRBM+ICBM+nuclear+capable+tested+success+failure+strategic+force+comand+slbm+%25282%2529.jpg" width="162"></a></div>Additional Secretaries of Pakistan and India will hold nuclear and conventional Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) discussions on December 26- 27 after a  four year gap. Last such discussions were held on October 14, 2007.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">India had agreed for the discussions on nuclear CBMs in during the visit of the Pakistani foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar to the New Delhi.<br> </div></div>

Pakistan And India To Hold Nuclear CBM Talks Later This Month

Additional Secretaries of Pakistan and India will hold nuclear and conventional Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) discussions on December ...

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