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Pakistan Deploys 8,000 Troops, Fighter Squadron to Saudi Arabia Under Mutual Defense Pact

excerpt: Pakistan is sending 8,000 troops and a fighter squadron to Saudi Arabia under the 2024 Mutual Defence Pact. The story that the wire missed is the HQ-9 air-defence battery that comes with them, the first Chinese-operated SAM architecture on Saudi so…

Adrian Kowalczyk · Monexus Geopolitics desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·18 May 2026
U.S. military honor guard stands beside a flag-draped casket adorned with red, white, and blue floral arrangements inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
U.S. military honor guard stands beside a flag-draped casket adorned with red, white, and blue floral arrangements inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. @alalamfa · Telegram

excerpt: Pakistan is sending 8,000 troops and a fighter squadron to Saudi Arabia under the 2024 Mutual Defence Pact. The story that the wire missed is the HQ-9 air-defence battery that comes with them, the first Chinese-operated SAM architecture on Saudi soil, and what it means for the US-Gulf-China triangle in the middle of the Hormuz standoff.

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