Pakistan: Test fires Hatf-7 (Babur) cruise missile

Pakistan test fired nuclear-capable Hatf-7 cruise missile with a range of 700 km. The test of the indigenously developed multi-tube cruise missile system was successful.

• Hatf-7 or Babur missile has stealth capabilities and can carry nuclear and conventional warheads. The test of the “multi-tube indigenously developed” missile, which has stealth capabilities, was successful.
• The Hatf-7 or Babur is a “low flying, terrain hugging missile with high manoeuvrability, pinpoint accuracy and radar avoidance features”.
• The missile system incorporates the “most modern cruise missile technology of Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM) and Digital Scene Matching and Area Co-relation (DSMAC)”. ^{(as quoted in official statements of Pakistan)}
  

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011