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- ↑ "PAF's firepower demo marks precise hit at enemy targets". Associated Press of Pakistan. 6 April 2010. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
- ↑ Khan, Iftikhar A. (7 April 2010). "PAF displays awesome firepower, aerobatics". Dawn . Pakistan. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
