ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday conducted the successful test of an enhanced-range version of the Babur cruise missile.
While sharing the details, military media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the weapon system consists of “advanced aerodynamics and avionics that can strike targets both at land and sea with high accuracy at a range of 700 kilometers.”
Babur, the missile, was named after the founder and first emperor of the Mughal dynasty in the Indian sub-continent.
“It is a low-flying, terrain-hugging missile which also carries certain stealth features and is capable of carrying various types of warheads,” the ISPR statement said.
The missile incorporates state-of-the-art navigation technologies such as Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM) and Digital Scene Matching and Area Co-relation (DSMAC) which helps in enhancing its capabilities and “pinpoint accuracy.”
“This makes it an important force multiplier for Pakistan’s strategic deterrence,” the ISPR said.
President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi congratulated the scientists and engineers on the successful test of the cruise missile.
Earlier, on March 29, 2018, Pakistan test-fired an “indigenously developed” Babur cruise missile from a submarine.
That Babur cruise missile, with a range of 450 kilometers, had “successfully engaged its target with precise accuracy.”
