Pakistan Prime Minister assert the commissioning of New Missile Force After conflict with India.

While addressing the nation on its 78^th. Independence Day, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif announced the formation of the Rocket Force Command to supervise its missile capabilities, after its worst conflict in decades with South Asian arch-rival India.

“It will be equipped with modern technology and capable of striking the enemy from all directions”, Sharif said at the ceremony. “It will improve our conventional war capabilities,” he said, commending the military for its performance”.

Pakistan and India fought an intense four-day conflict in May that killed more than 70 people on both sides in missile, drone, and artillery fire, the worst clashes between the nuclear-armed neighbours since 1999.

Pakistan has sophisticated missile capabilities, some of which it deployed in May alongside J-10C Vigorous Dragon and JF-17 Thunder fighter jets. Islamabad is boosting its military capabilities following the conflict, increasing defense spending by 20 percent in the current budget that was passed in June.

The government also announced that it was in discussions to acquire 40 new Chinese fighter jets and new air defense systems.

“After the recent conflict, the object of course is to further strengthen Pakistan’s military capability, and this is a part of that process”, defense analyst Talat Masood, a former general, told Press reporters. The May conflict was triggered by a deadly attack on tourists in Pahalgaon Kashmir a month earlier that Delhi blamed on Islamabad. Pakistan denied the allegation.

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