Pakistan successfully test-fires Babur Cruise Missile
Pakistan successfully test fired an enhanced range version of indigenous developed Babur Cruise Missile.
The spokesman for the ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor in his tweet said that the weapon system incorporates advanced aerodynamics and avionics that can strike targets both at land and sea with high accuracy at a range of 700 kilometers.
Pakistan successfully test fired an enhanced range version of indigenously developed Babur Cruise Missile. The weapon system incorporates advanced aerodynamics and avionics that can strike targets both at land and sea with high accuracy at a range of 700 KMs. pic.twitter.com/MbAwh8Skrp— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) April 14, 2018
It is a low flying, terrain hugging missile, which also carries certain stealth features and is capable of carrying various types of warheads.
The statement said that equipped with state of the art navigational technologies of Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM) and all-time Digital Scene Matching and Area Co-relation (DSMAC) which enables it to engage various type of targets with pinpoint accuracy even in the absence of GPS navigation, thus making it an important force multiplier for Pakistan's strategic deterrence.
It said today's launch was witnessed by Director General Strategic Plans Division, Chairman NESCOM, senior officers from Strategic Plans Division, Strategic Forces, scientists and engineers of strategic organizations.
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff and Services Chiefs have congratulated the scientists and engineers of NESCOM and NDC.
The President and Prime Minister of Pakistan have also conveyed their appreciations to scientists and engineers on the successful conduct of today's missile test, the statement concluded.
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