The presence of the ARFC could make any crisis in South Asia even more dangerous and devastating.

New Delhi: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced the creation of the Army Rocket Force Command (ARFC) in August, following the May conflict with India. Sharif’s announcement surprised the defence world. This was because during the May conflict, Pakistan used a Fatah-series ballistic missile against India, which India shot down over Sirsa, Haryana. Furthermore, Pakistan had failed miserably in preventing India’s precision BrahMos missile attacks.

Pakistan creates separate force for conventional missiles

Pakistan had deliberately kept its missile programme entangled to confuse the enemy, but in reality, it had become entangled in this system itself. Until now, Pakistan’s nuclear

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