Pakistan is one of the 7 declared nuclear powers of the world. (Which
are Russia, USA, China, France, UK, Pakistan, and India). It has got 5
Military branches which are
Army, Air
Force, Navy,
National Guard and Civil Armed Forces. Main 3 (Air Force, Army and
Navy) are discussed briefly in other pages. It has got one of the
finest military personals, Long / Intermediate / Short range Missiles,
State of the art Battle Tanks, Submarines, Frigates and best pilots of
the world. These collectively make the country's
defence invincible. Pakistan military have the rule of Arms
for Peace it relies on indigenously built weapons and also exports
these weapons to some countries. Pakistan is self sufficient in small
arms, guns, riffles and other similar weapons. Pakistan also
manufactures aircrafts for training purposes and is currently
developing advanced fighter jet
Super 7 in collaboration with china.
It also exports Mushshak
& Super Mushshak planes. Pakistan has successfully arranged
exportable defence item's exhibition 'IDEAS'
which has resulted in earning foreign exchange
Defence exports for the fiscal year 2002-03 were over $130
million, plans are being made to increase this figure to over $1
billion per year. |