Islamabad – Pakistan successfully test-fired a new indigenously developed cruise missile which is capable of delivering nuclear and conventional warheads up to 350 km.
It brings many Indian cities under its range. Pakistan army said the Ra’ad missile enables Pakistan to achieve “strategic standoff capability” on land and at sea, as it uses extremely complex “Cruise Technology” that has been developed by only a few nations in the world.
The Pak Army officials said, “The state of the art Ra’ad cruise missile with stealth capabilities is a low altitude, terrain hugging missile with high manoeuvrability and can deliver nuclear and conventional warheads with pinpoint accuracy.”
Congratulating the scientists and engineers on achieving yet another milestone of historic significance, Lieutenant General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Director General Strategic Plans Division termed it a major step towards strengthening Pakistan’s full spectrum credible minimum deterrence capability.
