Long-form technical and strategic assessment.
Analysis
Pakistan will not get an F-35, and the KAAN is not yet an aircraft it can buy. The fifth-generation fighter, when it comes, will be a Chinese J-35A, bought the way Pakistan buys: after India moves, and on Chinese credit.
Ahsen Niaz06 Oct 20268 min read
Analysis
The IAF pilots deserve better commanders and leaders than the ones they get. Loss of life and career for many professionals is becoming a common practice in the 4th largest airfoce of the world.
Sqn Ldr (R) Ali Hamza04 Oct 20263 min read
Analysis
On Indian Air Force Day, the problem worth examining is not fleet size. It is what happens when a numerically superior force is drawn into a space where numbers stop mattering.
Ahsen Niaz03 Oct 20262 min read
Analysis
The Advanced Eagle was shot down by IR missile and the technical analysis points to systems like Barq 1/2. The silent interception is a serious threat against modern fighter aircraft that are optimised for radar based missiles and Electronic Warfare.
Sqn Ldr (R) Ali Hamza21 Sept 20263 min read
Analysis
A Saudi F-15 reportedly downed over Marib is a reminder that the standoff-range dominance of modern airpower is an illusion. What Pakistan brings to the Saudi–Turkey Mecca defence pact isn't hardware or a nuclear umbrella; it is decades of combat experience that oil money can't buy.
Ahsen Niaz18 Sept 20263 min read
Analysis
History textbooks on both sides skip Rann of Kutch, the botched arbitration, and India's own vow to respond 'at a time and place of her own choosing.' Historical timeline shows that the initial aggressor was India, contrary to the belief of South Asian intelligentsia.
Sqn Ldr (R) Ali Hamza06 Sept 202610 min read
Analysis
Every generation declares the manned fighter obsolete. The F-4 was supposed to be the last one and the drone argument is making the same mistake.
Sqn Ldr (R) Ali Hamza02 Sept 20265 min read
Analysis
Not an isolated incident; Tejas dilemma for IAF and HAL
Sqn Ldr (R) Ali Hamza29 Aug 20266 min read
