Cruise Missile Hatf-VIII (RAAD) successful test fire

[The Deterrent]

This is the Pakistani section...

 

[Areesh]

These are usually periodic tests to check the validity of parameters.

Yup may be. But I would like to wait for the video to see some changes have been made or not. Would like to see what seniors like Nabil say about it.

 

[Ghareeb_Da_Baal]

Are you out of your mind???

Ra'ad ALCM is just a MBRL???

Please learn something about Pakistani missiles...

u missed the joke, obviously.....................

 

[Zarvan]

Congrats to Pakistan Airforce but we need to increase its speed and also make other fighter planes capable of carring this missile

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

there is no change in the range & speed they should increase its range upto 400+KM

 

[DANGER-ZONE]

Illustrated by REHAN SIRAJ

 

[SpArK]

Congratulations..

 

[sur]

 

[khurasaan1]

Looks like they changed the color of RAAD this time...

 

[khurasaan1]

We are in dire need of cruise missile more than >2000km range with hypersonic speed......
Technically speaking the small tests are just peanuts...

 

[MJaa]

Good details here about missile accuracy

Pakistan Successfully Tests Hatf-VIII Ra’ad Air-Launched Cruise Missile


Pakistan air force has successfully tested the Hatf-VIII Ra’ad ALCM (Air-Launched Cruise Missile). Ra’ad has a range of over 350km and it can be launch from fighter aircrafts of the Pakistan air force. Indigenously designed and developed missile is capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads.

ALCM Hatf-VIII Ra’ad provides Pakistan air force with a weapon system which have strategic standoff capability to strike even highly defended targets. Pakistani scientist has designed Ra’ad cruise missile with stealth capability so that missile cannot be detected by the enemy radars.

Pakistan Air Force (PAF) can use the Hatf-VIII Raad air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) from its upgraded Mirage IIIEA and missile might also be integrated on the JF-17 Thunder fighter jets.

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Well it seems that finally things are normal again and Pakistan is back to routine testing of missiles as required

 

[MJaa]

Islamabad -Friday, April 29, 2011: Pakistan on Friday successfully conducted flight test of indigenously developed air launched cruise missile, which "can deliver nuclear and conventional warheads with great pin point accuracy," the army said.

The "Hatf-VIII Ra'ad Cruise Missile" has the range of 350 kilometers, an army statement said.

The missile has been developed exclusively for launch from aerial platforms, the statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations said.

"The missile test was conducted as part of the continuous process of improving the technical parameters of the weapon system," it said.

The statement said the missile system has enabled Pakistan to achieve a greater strategic stand off capability on land and at sea.

"Cruise technology is extremely complex and has been developed by only a few countries in the world. The state of the art Ra'ad Cruise Missile with Stealth Capabilities is a Low Altitude, Terrain Hugging Missile with high maneuverability, and can deliver nuclear and conventional warheads with great pin point accuracy," it said.

The successful launch has been appreciated by the president, the prime minister of Pakistan, and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee who congratulated the scientists and engineers on their outstanding achievement.

Defense analysts said that Ra'ad is an air launched cruise missile which can be fired from all the aircraft in the Pakistan Air Force. The cruise missile can be used in an anti-shipping role via aircraft against the ground/static targets.

Ra'ad in Arabic means "Thunder" which will provide Pakistan a great strategic stand off capability of land and sea.

The missile has low detection probability due to stealth design and materials used in creating the missile.

Analysts said the biggest benefit of having this air launched cruise missile is stand off capability it has given to Pakistan.

Pakistan Air Force can target ground radars, and other specific military targets well beyond the visual range of the enemy. Pakistan has H-1 (60 km), H-2 (120 km) stand off weapons in its inventory and Ra'ad cruise missile will only add more range to its inventory giving it a three tier stand off capability at all times, day and night, analysts said.

XN

 

[MJaa]

Illustrated by REHAN SIRAJ

Very nice Illustration

 

[Last Hope]

sur bro i cant see your pic

Me neither. Its Blocked in KSA by internet security

 

[pakdefender]

This test is in response to the haramzadgi that NATO tired to do by using the ANA to attack Pakistan.
We are sending out a message that if anyone crosses the limits with us then don’t forget that we have the capability to cut you down to size and reduce the attacker to ashes!