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Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) ORSA ORSA and Technology (ORSAT) OSA II Class FAC OSA Missile Craft OSA-AK (SA-8) missile systems Osama Bin Laden Oshkosh Corp OT-62 APC OT-64 MBT Oto Melara
Outer Space Treaty OV-10 Bronco Aircraft OV-10F Recce Aircraft Owl Screech Fire Control Radar Oyashio Class Submarine
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P 15A - Kolkata Missile Destroyers P. Chidambaram P138 MRLs P-17 Stealth Frigates P-27 Air-to-Air Missile P-3C Orion
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P8I Multi Mission Maritime Aircraft PA-34 Seneca Transport Aircraft PA-38 Tomahawk Training Aircraft PAC-3 Missiles Pacific Ocean Padma Vibhushan Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Pakistan
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Pakistan Army Pakistan Muslim League Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Pakistani Navy Palestine Palestine Authority (PA) Palm Frond Radar Palmaria SP How Panavia Tornado Panchkula Panhard 4HD engine Panhard APC Pan-Islamic terrorist organisations
216, 222 148, 151, 153 39, 153 384 353, 373 106, 116, 167 42, 43 128, 133 326, 379, 381, 384 326, 341, 379 422, 429, 457, 458, 464, 466, 468, 469, 472, 473, 474, 475 13 364 348 462 350, 418 187, 278 46, 138, 139 317, 319 278 345 109, 331, 350, 355, 356, 477, 491 109 348 348 117, 334, 368 334, 367 251 419 4, 5, 8, 16, 17, 18, 23, 97, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 108, 113, 137, 142, 153, 157, 170, 174, 175, 192, 241, 298, 303, 305, 307, 308, 310, 320, 321, 324, 325, 330, 331, 335, 343, 352, 365, 392, 411, 412, 413, 414, 416, 417, 418, 419, 424, 425, 427, 429, 431, 432, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 441, 442, 453, 455, 456, 466, 471, 478, 479, 480, 483, 486, 487, 488, 489, 491, 492 419 23, 24, 25, 26, 42, 43 23, 42 25, 137, 307, 310 23 417 375, 391, 392 375, 391 449, 462 384, 421, 429 420 275 426, 427 421, 426 30
Panoramic Vision Papua New Guinea Paralysis warfare Paramilitary Forces under Ministry of Home Affairs Paris Club Paris II Donors Conference Pasamlung and Jakarlung valleys Pashtun Passive Sonars Passive Surveillance Sonar Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile systems (PAC-3)
72 365 20 138 378, 389 397 323 24, 308, 320, 330 69 288
21, 127, 134, 393, 396, 408, 422, 443 Pattani Corvettes 371 Paveway 2/3 bomb 479 Paveway I/II/III LGB 57,58 Paveway technology 57 Pax Iranica 16 PC-7 Aircraft 359, 362 PC-9 Aircraft 340, 362, 371 PCC 7 Jija Bai Msls 326 Peace Mission 2005 21 Pearl Harbour 33 Pechora SA-3/3A Surface-to-Air Missile 116, 382 Pegaso 9157/8 437 Pegasus SLWH 104 Penang 358 Pennant list – Indian Navy 189 Pentagon 21, 41, 44, 46 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) 5, 8, 19, 20, 21, 22, 29, 30, 65, 413 People’s war 19, 20, 21 Perdana PFM 359 Performance Summary of DPSU 269 Perkins CV-12 engine 438 Perkins CV8 440 Perng Fai-nan 367 Persian Gulf 8, 16, 108, 385, 395, 396, 418 Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR) 166 Perspective Planning Directorate 38 Peru 270 Pervez Musharraf 330 Peshawar 25, 42 Phalcon radar 392, 393 Pham Gia Khiem 300 Philippines 298, 303, 305, 339, 358, 359, 362, 363, 368, 372, 373, 429, 439, 442, 484, 486, 488, 490 Philips 468 Phuttha Yotfa Chulalok Frigate 370 Pike Jaw sonar 447, 448, 459 Pilotless Target Aircraft (PTA) 286, 289 Pin Klao FF 370 Pinaka MBRL 104, 167, 421, 428 PKT 7.62mm Machine Gun 73 PL-9C-Low Alt SAM System 421, 424 PLA Air Force 21, 22 PLA Navy 5, 8, 21, 22, 478 PM-120 Mors 319 Po Hang Class Corvettes 356, 444, 464 Poland 390, 397 Police and the Meteorological Department 274 Polisario Front 379 Polnochny LSM 379, 381, 406 Poluchat TRV 379 Popeye Missile 59 Porbandar 35 Portugal 428, 442, 471 PR-57/-67 ECM 327
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Pradeep Kumar Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) Pranab Mukherjee Prathapa (PRC mod Haizhui) Patrol Coastal Pratibha Devisingh Patil PRC AD Guns PRC T-69II MBT PRC Type 59-1Towed Arty PRC Type-031/Romeo Submarine PRC Type-56 AD Guns PRC Type-85 APC Precision Electronic Limited Precision Guided Munitions (PGM) President Ahmedinijad President Askar Akayev President Barack Obama President Berdimuhamedow President Karimov Prince Bandar Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Al-Aziz Al-Saud Principal Maintenance Officers Committee (PMOC) Principal Personal Officers Committee (PPOC ) Principe De Asturias class Aircraft carrier Principle Staff Officer (PSO) Prithvi Surface-to-Surface Tactical Battlefield Support Missile
248, 252 32 107 333 245, 251 329 361 331 353 329 333 106 65, 103, 419 16 313 41, 44 316 318 299 149 149 444, 465, 475 146, 166, 184 167, 280, 281, 285, 288, 325, 326, 327 243
Priyadarshini Fast Patrol Vessel Processor Based Advanced Exercise Mine (PBAEM) 288 Procurement Procedure-2008 101 Product Enhancement Programme 59 Professor David Shambaugh 19 Professor Samuel Huntington 42 Project-95 20 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) 339, 365 Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE) 287, 291 Provincial Aerospace Ltd 134 Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) 308 Proxy war 3, 5 PRP-4 Recconnaissance Vehicle 422, 433 PSOC (Principal Supply Officers Committee) 149 PT-6 Training Aircraft 322, 333 PT-76 Lt Tk 347, 348, 353, 357, 373 PT-76B Lt Tks 422, 432 Puerto Rico 251 Pulsed Chemical Lasers 65 Pulsed Energy Projectile 65 Puma Support 331 Pushpa Kamal Dahal 298, 328 Pyongyang 352, 355 Python missiles 116 PZF 44 RL 355 PZL Mi-2 Helicopter 348, 353 PZL W-3 Sokol Helicopter 362
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Q-5C Strike Aircraft Qahir Class Corvettes Qatar
Qatar–Bahrain Friendship Bridge Qiang – 5 Combat Aircraft Qinetiq North America Qiryat Shemona Qiuxin and Huangpu Shipyards Quad missile launcher
345 444, 468 17, 18, 298, 303, 305, 375, 376, 385, 401, 425, 426, 427, 479, 488, 489 385 477, 478 129 392 455, 456 422, 435, 449, 450, 453, 458, 461, 462, 463, 465, 469, 470,