Overview
- ISPR said the air-launched cruise missile can strike land and sea targets at up to 600 kilometres with a conventional warhead.
- The system uses advanced navigation and guidance and flies at very low altitude to evade air and missile defenses.
- Senior armed forces officers and the programme’s scientists and engineers witnessed the launch, according to the release.
- Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu hailed the test, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari issuing public congratulations.
- Coverage attributes the claims to official statements from the Pakistan Air Force and ISPR, with no independent technical verification cited.