ISLAMABAD, 18 September 2006 — Pakistan will host the biggest weapon show — IDEAS-2006 — from Nov. 21 to 24, Director General Defense Export Promotion Organization (DEPO) Maj. Gen. Sayed Absar Hussain said here yesterday. Delegations and exhibitors from 100 countries will attend the event, he said.
Hussain said the show is meant to provide cheaper technologies to developing countries which otherwise cannot afford to buy latest sophisticated weapons systems.
Pakistan, a manufacturer of light and heavy weaponry, established IDEAS, which stands for International Defense Exhibition and Seminar, in 2000. Pakistan will be the 3rd Asian nation to host the prestigious show. The United Arab Emirates regularly hosts IDEX and Singapore is another nation which hosts weapons shows on regular basis.
This year firepower will not be the part of various events, which the DEPO has planned so far. This year Pakistan will display its own light-grade and heavy-grade weaponry, like indigenously manufactured Al-Khalid and Al-Zarar tanks, Talah, Saad, M-113-P and logistic armored personnel carriers.
Pakistan’s Heavy Industries, Texila, will display its an anti-terrorist vehicle “Muhafiz.” Besides, Pakistan will put stalls for army, navy and air force. Other weapons manufacturing facilities like Aeronautical Complex Kamra, will for the first time, display JF Thunder jet fighter, which the country has developed with Chinese collaboration.
Air Weapons Complex, which manufactures sophisticated bombs, laser-guided bombs, radars, anti-terrorist-radars will place its latest products.
