Rocket Force Command: Following Op Sindoor, Pakistan Scrambles To Boost Missile Capabilites
Pakistan has announced the formation of a new military unit, the Rocket Force Command, aimed at overseeing and enhancing its missile capabilities. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif unveiled this development during an Independence Day ceremony in Islamabad on Thursday.
The announcement comes months after a conflict with India where it suffered losses after Pakistan Army intervened on behalf of terrorists that Indian forces were targeting for carrying out an attack on civilians in Pahalgam under counter-terror operation Operation Sindoor.
The move to strengthen Pakistan's missile capabilities came after Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets took out radar installations in Pasrur and Chunian, damaged Arifwala and the Sialkot aviation base, rendered Rahim Yar Khan airbase non-operational for a while and also neutralising a radar and air defence installation in Lahore, which blinded portions of Pakistan's central airspace coverage, during the conflict.
Shehbaz Sharif said that the new military unit would be 'equipped with modern technology".
AFP.
The government also announced that it was in discussions to acquire 40 new Chinese fighter jets and new air defence systems.
Sharif amped up the war rhetoric, claiming that the new unit is 'capable of striking the enemy from all directions".
Earlier, Pakistan's Army Chief General Asim Munir at an event in Florida's Tampa said that it will take half the world down with it and threatened nuclear war in a brazen anti-India rant.
Pakistan's former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also war mongered earlier this week claiming Pakistan is ready to fight a war for river waters after India held the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance for Pakistan's continuous state support for terrorism.
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