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Pakistan successfully test fires Ghauri Missile

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Published: April 15, 2015

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Pakistan successfully conducted a training launch of Ghauri Missile system on Wednesday, according to Inter Services Public Relations.

Ghauri Ballistic Missile can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads upto a distance of 1,300 kilometres.

The launch was conducted by a strategic missile group of the Army Strategic Forces Command that was aimed at testing the operational and technical readiness of the command.

The term Al-Khalid tank (Urdu: الخالد ٹینک‎—Al-Xālid Ṫaiŋk, pronounced [əl-ˈxɑːlɪd̪ ʈæːŋk] lit. The Immortal Tank) and MBT-2000 is a jointly developed main battle tank by Pakistan and China during the 1990s. About 300 Al-Khalid tanks were in service with the Pakistan Army as of 2009. The Bangladesh Army ordered 44 MBT-2000s in 2011.^[7][8] The tank is also used by the Royal Moroccan Army.^[9] It was trialled by the Peruvian Army for possible acquisition, but was discarded due to financial problems.^[1]

Operated by a crew of three and armed with a 125 mm smooth-bore tank gun that is reloaded automatically, the tank uses a modern fire-control system integrated with night-fighting equipment and is capable of firing many types of anti-tank rounds as well as guided anti-tank missiles.^[10] Al-Khalid is named after the 7th-century Muslim commander Khalid bin al-Walid (592–642 AD).^[11][12]

The JF-17 Thunder is a light, single-engine, multi-role combat aircraft jointly manufactured by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) of China.

The Pakistan Air Force plans to operate 160 JF-17 multirole jets about one-third of those are already in active service.

Three JF-17s are currently attending Paris Air Show in an effort to attract more customers: during the Air Show the first export order was confirmed and signed with an undisclosed Asian country (believed to be Myanmar).

Here is footage showing the Pakistan Air Force JF-17 performing aerobatic maneuvers during its display at PAS 2015.

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan has successfully test fired an indigenously-developed armed drone Burraq and its laser guided missile Barq, the ISPR announced on Friday.

According to DG ISPR Asim Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif witnessed the test fire, which has impressive accuracy and multiplies capability against terrorists.

US Department of Defence (DoD) announced on Wednesday that it has awarded Bell Helicopter a $581 million contract that includes the delivery of AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to Pakistan.
The contract covers the manufacture and delivery of 15 Lot 12 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters, 19 Lot 12 AH-1Zs, one Lot 13 UH-1Y, and 21 auxiliary fuel kits for the government of Pakistan. According to the DoD, these initial helicopters will be delivered by the end of August 2018.
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Although Pakistan had requested the sale of 15 AH-1Z helicopters in April, it is not clear how many of the 15 helicopters have been signed for at this stage.
The notification by the US DoD stated that 10% ($57.9 million) of the overall contract value covered the sale to the government of Pakistan which suggests that this is an initial deal for the first two helicopters only, with contracts for the remaining 13 (plus spares and support) to follow.
The original US Defense Security Co-operation Agency notification of Pakistan’s request included 1,000 AGM-114 Hellfire II air-to-surface missiles for “a precision-strike, enhanced-survivability aircraft that can operate at high altitudes. By acquiring the AH-1Z and Hellfire II capability, Pakistan will enhance its ability to conduct operations in North Waziristan Agency, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), and other remote and mountainous areas in all-weather, day and night environments”.

Parachinar:Around a dozen militants were killed in Pakistan’s north western tribal region near Afghan border when Pakistan Army’s helicopter gunships pounded their hideouts, sources said on Saturday.

The sources said that the forces attacked militant hideouts in Orakzai tribal region.

They said that at least five hideouts were destroyed in the shelling.  

Pakistan’s military has been battling a TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) led insurgency in northwestern parts of the country since 2008.

Pakistan Army troops are working day and night for relief and rescue operation in various flood hit areas of Sindh. As many as 2200 Army Jawans,2 MI 17 Helicopters,105 Motorized Boats, heavy vehicles and machinery, are employed in relief and rescue operation.
So far 66,000 persons have been rescued and 12,839 Tons of ration has been distributed among the affectees.

general-purpose machine gun MG 3 is a German made resembled with MG 42 universal machine gun of the World War II. Recoil operated roller-locked Rheinmetall MG 3 machine gun is able to fire 1300 rounds per minute with velocity of 820 m/s while its effective range is about 1,200 m, however, it has adjustable with respect to the sight and conditions. The machine gun and its variants have been acquired by the armed forces of more than 30 countries and considered as one of most dangerous guns in the world.

German based DSR-precision GmbH has developed the bolt-action anti-materiel rifle DSR 50, considered as most powerful and dangerous gun in the world following its destruction and damage. DSR 50 has came up in market with several modification in DSR-1 like clouding hydraulic recoil buffer, blast compensator and muzzle brakes. Some of same texture of DSR-1 has also adopted like bipod, monopod and free-floating barrel still exist making it most reliable and effective gun in the world with its lightweight and short in length with an adjustable