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[SUMMARY] Pakistan Procurement 2026
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Air

Name Type Quantity Price Paid This Year:
JF-17 Block IV Multirole Fighter 42-53 of 125 $35,000,000 $735,000,000
FC-31 Tranche 1 5th Gen multirole 16-24 of 24 $70,000,000 $560,000,000
Hongdu K-8 Jet Trainer 40-50 of 100 $8,000,000 $80,000,000
Burraq II UCAV/UAV 10-20 of 100 $5,000,000 $50,000,000
SOM ALCM 40-50 of 100 $1,400,000 $14,000,000
Ra'ad II ALCM 40-50 of 100 $1,500,000 $15,000,000
Lightning ARM 150-200 of 200 $900,000 $45,000,000
Il-76-90 Strategic Airlift 15-20 of 20 $80,000,000 $400,000,000
Subtotal $1,899,000,000

Naval

Name Type Quantity Price Paid This Year: Delivery Date:
Hangor-class Submarine 4 [N/A] [N/A] 2028
Babur-class Destroyer 2-3 of 6 $800,000,000 $800,000,000 2025-28
Tuzla-class Missile boat 6-7 of 20 $30,000,000 $60,000,000 2022-32
Z-9 ASW helicopter 18-24 of 24 $30,000,000 $180,000,000 2023-27
Subtotal $1,040,000,000

Ground

Name Type Quantity Price Paid This Year:
Al Khalid II MBT 0-70 of 700 $3,500,000 $245,000,000
Al-Zarrar MBT modernization 520-630 of 1300 $2,000,000 $260,000,000
PLZ-45 Self-propelled howitzer 81-108 of 108 $3,000,000 $81,000,000
M109L47 "Talwar" Self-propelled howitzer 100-150 of 200 $1,200,000 $60,000,000
A-100 MLRS system 40-50 of 70 $4,000,000 $40,000,000
APC Talha APC 400-500 of 1000 $1,200,000 $120,000,000
Subtotal $806,000,000

Nuclear/Strategic

Name Type Quantity Price Paid This Year:
Shaheen-2 MRBM 24-30 of 30 $4,000,000 $24,000,000
Ra'ad GLCM 24-30 of 30 $2,000,000 $12,000,000
Subtotal $36,000,000

$2,000,000,000 on nuclear weapons procurement, including uranium mining, enrichment, and processing, and plutonium reprocessing, along with development of... er... you know. This includes the creation of 20 new warheads and additional fissile material in excess of those requirements. [M: Not entirely sure how to account for these because it's so opaque, but here you go].

Total Defense Spending:

$ 14,423,409,951.79

Procurement Ratio:

37%

Procurement Spending:

$5,336,661,682.16

Total Spent On Procurement [Pakistan Budget]:

$4,781,000,000 on major procurement [remainder on small arms, missiles, munitions, et cetra along with capital improvement projects]

Chinese FMF Total:

$3,000,000,000

Spent on Following:

  • JF-17 Block IV [$735,000,000]
  • A-100 [$40,000,000]
  • FC-31 [$560,000,000]
  • Z-9 ASW [$180,000,000]
  • Al-Zarrar components [$120,000,000]
  • PLZ-45 [$81,000,000]

Total Spent On Major Procurement:

$1,716,000,000

A large portion of the remainder has been spent on small arms, missiles, munitions etc, though some has been left un-spent as various groups argue over what to buy.

Some of the rest has been spent on maintenance, operations, and acquisition of surface to air missile systems mentioned in prior posts.

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