Re: U.S. Says Pakistan Altered Missiles Sold for Defense
Good for Pakistan. It should do everything possible to make precise missiles even more potent.
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Some experts are also skeptical of the American claims. Robert Hewson, editor of Jane’s Air-Launched Weapons, a yearbook and Web-based data service, said the Harpoon missile did not have the necessary range for a land-attack missile, which would lend credibility to Pakistani claims that they are developing their own new missile. Moreover, he said, Pakistan already has more modern land-attack missiles that it developed itself or acquired from China.
“They’re beyond the need to reverse-engineer old U.S. kit,” Mr. Hewson said in a telephone interview. “They’re more sophisticated than that.” Mr. Hewson said the ship-to-shore missile that Pakistan was testing was part of a concerted effort to develop an array of conventional missiles that could be fired from the air, land or sea to address India’s much more formidable conventional missile arsenal.
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Should also be mindful of this part, that outright disputes the overall spirit of the article which at best, seem to do a lousy job of maligning Pakistan. Pakistan's own missiles are capable of hitting "required" targets.