Tag: ballistic missile
Beating the Indian Navy without going broke
Shahid Raza | A brief look at the history of warfare is enough to establish the dominant role of a naval force in defining the...
Saudi Arabia intercepts missile near Riyadh
Saudi Arabia says its air defense forces have intercepted a ballistic missile over Riyadh, fired from neighboring Yemen. State media said it was brought down...
Pyongyang does what it says: One more missile flies over Japan!
News Analysis | A day after threatening to sink Japan, North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on Friday....
India’s hysterical military stockpiling
Dr. Zafar Jaspal | India’ hysterical military stockpiling is alarming for the South Asian strategic environment. It made more than 10% of the global arms...
Is China using trade as leverage to control North Korea?
North Korea got the world’s attention – and President Donald Trump’s – when it said on July 4 that it had successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic...
North Korea latest test, will Trump be irrational?
Given that North Korea can already produce a nuclear weapon, it is vital to keep it from developing an intercontinental ballistic missile. On this...
Arms race in South Asia will continue thanks to new Indo-Israel...
Dr Zafar Jaspal | SINCE the mid-1980s, India has been importing missile technology for advancing its ballistic and cruise missile inventories. In addition, the dual-use space...
Will Iranian posturing through ballistic tests threaten an arms race in...
Iran’s attempt to solidify its defensive fence by testing ballistic missiles and conducting military exercises alarmed its Gulf neighbors, Israel and United States. The...
Pakistan’s Ababeel ballistic missile ensures strategic stability in South Asia
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | To remain sustainable and to increase longevity of the modern state necessitates perpetual contemplation for modern strategy, invention of the...
American NSA Flynn says we are “officially putting Iran on notice”
Donald Trump’s national Security advisor Michael Flynn, a retired Army general and former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, called Iran’s testing of a...
Pakistan and the Strategic Chessboard in 2017
Dr. Zafar Jaspal | The global strategic chessboard will remain complex in 2017 as the conversion in the global strategic environment continues. The transition in...
