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Entries Tagged ‘Pakistan Army’

Say hello to Pakistan’s first domestically produced armed drone: The Burraq UCAV


Since the war on terror started in Afghanistan back in 2001, the United States Air Force has employed various different UAV platforms to target insurgents and the Taliban. Both on Afghan soil as well as in Pakistani territory, with the covert approval of the Pakistan government. Observing the efficacy of UAV platforms like the Predator, the [...]

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Stratfor’s take on the US-Pakistan crisis


Stratfor is one of the most respected strategic forecasting organizations in the world. They provide strategic intelligence to large corporations – including all the major financial institutions – and  a significant part of their membership is comprised of former and serving military officers in the western world. George Friedman, the Founder of Stratfor, has also [...]

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Evaluating TechLahore’s Predictions for 2009


Ah, it’s that time of year again! And how quickly it comes. It seems like yesterday that I wrote the predictions reproduced below, but look, three hundred and sixty five days have passed already. We must continue the tradition we started in 2007 and built upon in 2008… so here we go! I was right [...]

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Pakistan's growing software expertise increasing its defence capabilities


Over the last few days I’ve come across a number of articles and news stories about Pakistan’s IT expertise being applied to benefit the domestic defence industry. Two items, in particular, caught my attention. The first one was about our very own Integrated Dynamics having sold locally designed and manufactured UAVs to the US Border [...]

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