Pakistan says it has tested a cruise missile for the second time.
The Babur missile is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads and has a range of 500km (310 miles), a military statement said.
Pakistan had fired its first cruise missile last August and described the launch as a “milestone” in its history.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf witnessed the test launch at an undisclosed location and congratulated the scientists involved, a military official told the AFP news agency. The Babur cruise missile can be fired from various platforms, including ground positions, surface ships and submarines, the army said.The statement described it as a “low-flying, terrain-hugging missile with high maneuverability, pinpoint accuracy and radar avoidance features.”
Musharraf was quoted as saying the firing demonstrated Pakistani proficiency in weapons production and that his government will “continue to provide all support to their endeavors in fortifying national defense.”
Babur is a train-hugging missile and it has the most advanced and modern navigation and guidance system and a high degree of manoeuvrability. Its technology enables the missile to avoid radar detection and penetrate undetected through any hostile defensive system, said ISPR.
No, it doesn’t.
The article does not mention CM-firing subs. It only mentions that Babur is capable of being fired from a submarine. It is possible to modify the Agosta 90-B’s to fire CM’s, and they may already be working on it.
I doubt it as pakistan doesn't have too much of a shipbuilding industry to begin with.
The licensing agreement with France (basically pakistan manufactures hulls while equipment still comes from france ie sorta like part outsourcing) will mean PN will have to make design changes. France giving permission might not be an issue? but PN lacking expertise and $$$ will be.
You can just imagine this journalist sitting at the press conference, hearing “terrain-hugging” , but being completely clueless and writing down “train-hugging” instead
