If Pakistan moves forward with acquiring China’s J-35 stealth fighter, it will represent the most significant upgrade to its airpower since the F-16s entered service back in 1983. For the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), this would mark several milestones: entry into fifth-generation aerial combat and the introduction of its first twin-engine fighter jet, after two […]
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Pakistan’s Deterrence Dilemma
After twenty-eight years of the nuclear tests at Chagai, the strategic environment in South Asia has shifted in ways that Pakistan’s original deterrence architects could not have imagined. Pakistan’s shift from Credible Minimum Deterrence to Full-Spectrum Deterrence was rooted in the assumption of the threat of conventional invasion, mass mobilisation, and decisive ground offensives. These […]
India’s ‘new normal’ collapses as Pakistan reinforces deterrence
Pakistan’s strategic resolve and calibrated response have decisively reset the regional balance, senior security analysts, diplomats and scholars observed on Tuesday as the Information Service Academy (ISA), in collaboration with the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), hosted a high-level dialogue on “Indian Aggression and Pakistan’s Strategic Response.” Speakers said South Asia was passing through a […]
Did Pakistan establish ‘deterrence’ during the recent crisis with India?
A recent article published by the Foreign Policy magazine in the United States exposed India’s claims of downing one of Pakistan’s F-16 fighter jets during the recent crisis. The article states that the U.S. carried out a count of Pakistan’s F-16 fleet and none was found missing. Moreover, the story also makes it clear that […]