Oct 2020 Edition Articles

On 7th Sept every year, the nation celebrates Air Force day with usual fervor and motivation. The day reminds us all that a small but motivated air force prevented the enemy, five times bigger in size, from achieving its malicious...

Social Media: Tool of 5th Generation Warfare War is one of the most primitive pursuits of mankind. As technology advanced, new tactics and strategies emerged to make the already-deadly endeavours progressively more lethal. However, contemporary war, termed 5th generation warfare,...

A Day in the Life of a PAF’s Birdshooter Imagine a bird weighing barely 2 pounds disabling a combat aircraft weighing thousands of pounds. Even a sparrow has mass, which, combined with velocity, can do catastrophic damage when it hits...

A man immortalized through his sacrifice, Sqn Ldr Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui has the honor of being amongst those rare breed of men who keep inspiring thousands even after their death. He was awarded the Hilal-i-Jur’at, as well as a Sitara-i-Jur’at...

Cryptocurrency has left experts polarized, from some claiming it to be the biggest innovation since the internet to others believing it to be an illegal bubble that will burst at any given moment. Vitalik Buterin just landed in Moscow. Having...

Artificial Intelligence is evolving rapidly and with its advent, new ways are being explored to form a communion between man and machine. This enigmatic merger means groundbreaking advancements in air warfare, which will lead to better control with increased destructive...

It is a rare feat indeed to have your name glorified by the enemy. Such was the enigmatic prowess of Air Cdre Najeeb A. Khan, a pilot that left the Indians impressed by his noiseless, impeccably timed bombing runs in...

IN THE BACKDROP OF RECENT DISPUTE WITH CHINA AND NEPAL As it attempts to strong-arm smaller states to further it’s hegemonic agenda, India has disillusioned the world to its claim of being an ethical democracy. Pakistan has identified India as...

Hypersonic weapons have triggered the next arms race. With advanced nations and militaries scrambling to obtain this futuristic technology with immense and precise destructive power, it has become a major factor in determining which nation will emerge as the next...

Debunking the connotation that Pakistan Military is spending a mammoth chunk of the total GDP, the author takes us through an array of factual comparisons and logical arguments on Pakistan’s Defense spending. In its idealized form, a budget should reflect...