Cookie Monster
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Whoever this guy is, yes this forum would benefit with him as a member...
...I was actually thinking of writing a speculative post myself about certain key weapons that Pakistan should focus on next but didn't get around to it.
Besides what he has mentioned, I would like to add two more things.
1) MALD types of drones(ground launched or air launched) that should be in the mix of a drone swarm.
2) In house production of drone families(especially the swarming/expendable kind)...so they can share parts and be cheaper for mass production. Some can be specialized for jamming, some to serve as decoys, most would be loitering munition types, some can even be stealthy(if it can be achieved at a very small scale). Basic idea being the enemy air defenses should be overwhelmed and would find it difficult to perform a threat assessment as to which drones to destroy. Destroying all(if it can be managed) should be costly. Each swarm wave sent one after another will keep enemy air defenses busy and overwhelmed.
3) On the defense side..Pakistan would have to step up its air defenses...first by acquiring more for more coverage.
Secondly considering the same aspect of future warfare...namely drone swarms...and realizing that it can easily become very costly to shoot down these cheap drones with those expensive air defense missiles. Therefore something like phalanx or oerlikon...possibly coupled with AHEAD types of munitions needs to be explored and tested to see if it can be effective against drone swarms. If it can be effective especially as an integrated system(working with radars and other air defense systems)...that could be very helpful as an effective counter...in addition to soft kill/jamming methods. Cheap drones would require cheap counters. Additionally it might even be helpful against Brahmos.
