Thursday, January 12, 2017

Pakistan Successfully Tests First Nuclear Capable Submarine Launched Cruise Missile




Pakistan tested an enhanced version of its indigenously developed Babur Cruise Missile in December 2016 according to a statement released by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media branch of Pakistan Armed Forces.
According to the ISPR statement:

Babur Cruise Missile is a low flying, terrain hugging missile that carries certain stealth features and is capable of carrying various types of warheads. The missile incorporates advanced aerodynamics and avionics having the ability to strike targets both on land and sea with a range of 700 kilometers.

Having been equipped with state of the art navigation technologies of Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM) and Digital Scene Matching and Area Co-relation (DSMAC), the missile is enabled to hit targets with pinpoint accuracy even in the absence of GPS navigation

Earlier in 2016, Pakistan also successfully tested an indigenously developed Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) named Ra’ad.

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