Pakistan’s strategic defense pact with Saudi Arabia

https://www.mei.edu/publications/pakistans-strategic-defense-pact-saudi-arabia-new-security-architecture-wider-middle#:~:text=The%20Saudi%2DPakistani%20pact%20establishes,not%20entail%20taking%20offensive%20action.

https://www.mei.edu/publications/pakistans-strategic-defense-pact-saudi-arabia-new-security-architecture-wider-middle

Pakistan's strategic defense pact with Saudi Arabia: A new security
architecture in the wider Middle East

[ meanwhile trump family has multi (new) agreements with UAE ]

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Building on Pakistan's bilateral defense cooperation with individual
Gulf countries, its contribution to advancing the GCC's collective
defense capabilities is reflected in two major developments. First,
during its defense exhibition last year, Pakistan signed 82
memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with partner countries for the
export of domestically manufactured defense products and equipment
worth approximately $30 billion. The event brought together 340
international defense companies and more than 350 senior civil and
military officials from 55 countries, with notable participation from
the Gulf states. Among the key highlights was the Shahpar-III combat
drone, capable of operating at altitudes of up to 35,000 feet while
carrying heavy payloads, including bombs, cruise missiles, and
torpedoes. Global Industrial Defense Solutions (GIDS), the Pakistani
state-owned defense conglomerate that developed the drone, already
supplies its systems to approximately 14 countries, including Saudi
Arabia and the UAE. With Shahpar-III set to join both Pakistan's and
Gulf countries' air forces, Pakistan's defense industry demonstrates
its growing strategic significance for regional militaries.

Second, in August, Pakistan established the Army Rocket Force Command
(ARFC), a new formation tasked with developing a long-range
conventional strike capability. The ARFC will oversee the operation of
conventional missile systems — including ballistic, cruise, and
potentially hypersonic platforms — designed to engage targets deep
beyond the front lines. This emerging force creates significant
potential for future collaboration with Gulf militaries, particularly
under existing defense cooperation frameworks, where joint integration
of Pakistani missile and strike systems could substantially enhance
the region's collective deterrence posture. However, the concrete ways
in which Pakistan's alliance with Saudi Arabia might translate into
military cooperation with the broader GCC remain to be seen.

[ meanwhile the US defense industry is being strangled by the govt shutdown ]