Post by Logan on Jan 20, 2016 16:46:50 GMT -6
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Pakistan's military on Tuesday announced a successful flight test of its Ra'ad air-launched cruise missile, an indigenously developed weapon.
The Ra'ad, aka Hatf VIII, was first test launched in 2007. It has a range of about 217 miles and can carry conventional explosives or a nuclear warhead.
The military services' media unit, Inter-Services Public Relations, said the flight test was the seventh for the missile but disclosed no other details. reported the Dawn,Com news site .
Ra'ad "enables Pakistan to achieve air delivered strategic standoff capability on land and at sea," it said, and "terrain-hugging, low-level flight maneuvers enable it to avoid detection and engagement by contemporary air defense systems."
Continued at www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2016/01/20/Pakistan-tests-air-launched-cruise-missile/7081453325830/?spt=hs&or=si .
The Ra'ad, aka Hatf VIII, was first test launched in 2007. It has a range of about 217 miles and can carry conventional explosives or a nuclear warhead.
The military services' media unit, Inter-Services Public Relations, said the flight test was the seventh for the missile but disclosed no other details. reported the Dawn,Com news site .
Ra'ad "enables Pakistan to achieve air delivered strategic standoff capability on land and at sea," it said, and "terrain-hugging, low-level flight maneuvers enable it to avoid detection and engagement by contemporary air defense systems."
Continued at www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2016/01/20/Pakistan-tests-air-launched-cruise-missile/7081453325830/?spt=hs&or=si .