PAF successfully test-fires indigenously developed long-range smart weapon from JF-17 Thunder

[Christina Chan]

Some other media mentioned LS-6/Takbir, but long range weapon.

 

[messiach]

Airburst ordinance guided surface ordinance.

Only thing i know is that this is not a product of AWC... Rest i dont know

 

[ziaulislam]

Even with a jet tailkit the max you get is 100km. The Aasm hammer does 130km but is considerably larger

What do you think of raptor 3.. Is the reported range of around 250-300 true?

 

[nana41]

Pakistan needs to now work on longer range BVR

Indian cargo, tankers and AWACS should be a our targets

Long range missiles should now be priority

For years we thought Indo-Pak conflict will be WVR

Not the case after the BVR kills

Now get the Egyptian Air Force on the line and sort out a JF17 vs Rafale training exercise

We need to teach Rafale a lesson

.......and later on work with latest version of Qatari Rafale.

 

[Pied Piper]

Salaam!
https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2019/03/14/pakistan-secretive-smart-weapon.html
Why is Pakistan being secretive about JF-17's recent 'smart weapon' test?
Web DeskMarch 14, 2019 11:55 IST

A collage of a JF-17 along with screengrabs of the 'smart weapon' test by the Pakistan Air Force; note the black box obscuring the weapon
Media outlets across Pakistan on Tuesday reported the country's air force had successfully test-fired an indigenously-built 'smart weapon' from a JF-17 fighter.




Radio Pakistan

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Some Pakistani media outlets referred to the system as a 'missile' and others as a “extended-range smart weapon”. Several outlets also carried footage of the test of the 'smart weapon'. Interestingly, the video of the test, from the Pakistan Air Force, shows only hazy imagery of the weapon and effectively obscures it with a 'black box' before it impacts the ground.

The perceived secrecy surrounding the 'smart weapon' has aroused debate about its origins and whether the test was meant as a PR exercise amid tension with India.

The Pakistan Air Force announced on Tuesday the smart weapon “has provided JF-17 Thunder a very potent and assured day and night capability to engage variety of targets with pinpoint accuracy.” Quwa Defence News & Analysis Group, a website that covers the Pakistani military, observed that the decision to obscure footage of the smart weapon meant the “PAF did not want to disclose the design or characteristics of the new munition.” Such a motive would, however, raise questions about the need to share video footage in the first place.

In 2017, the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, which manufactures the JF-17, mentioned on its website about “the integration of standoff weapon with JF-17 Aircraft”, providing little additional information.

Pakistan is known to have developed the H2 and H4 'glide' bombs with South African assistance. Glide bombs have pop-out wings to travel longer distances than laser-guided bombs and typically use electro-optical guidance. Pakistan's The Dawnnewspaper reported in 2003 that the H4 glide bomb had been inducted into service and claimed it had a range of up to 120km. These weapons have some similarities to the Israeli-origin SPICE munitions the Indian Air Force reportedly used in its strike on Balakot.

These glide munitions were primarily carried by the Pakistan Air Force's fleet of upgraded Mirage III/V fighters, which are due for retirement. As the US is highly unlikely to allow the integration of such weapons on the F-16 fighters of the Pakistan Air Force, modifying the JF-17 to carry them would appear logical.

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Global Industrial & Defence Solution (GIDS), a Pakistani company, has claimed to have developed a variety of guided weapons for aircraft, including range extension kits for existing unguided bombs and the Takbir, a 250kg glide bomb. Interestingly, social media users claimed the Takbir was the smart weapon tested recently and circulated images of a JF-17 carrying a Takbir.

In addition to bombs, the Pakistan Air Force has conducted multiple tests of a cruise missile called the Ra'ad since 2007, again using a Mirage III/V aircraft.

It is likely the 'mystery' over the precise nature of the 'smart weapon' will continue even as Pakistan celebrates achieving a capability it has had for years!

 

[GumNaam]

Why is Pakistan being secretive about JF-17's recent 'smart weapon' test?

Uh, cuz it's fun to watch the indians running into the fields with indigestion and uncontrollable farts!

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

Salaam!
https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2019/03/14/pakistan-secretive-smart-weapon.html
Why is Pakistan being secretive about JF-17's recent 'smart weapon' test?
Web DeskMarch 14, 2019 11:55 IST

A collage of a JF-17 along with screengrabs of the 'smart weapon' test by the Pakistan Air Force; note the black box obscuring the weapon
Media outlets across Pakistan on Tuesday reported the country's air force had successfully test-fired an indigenously-built 'smart weapon' from a JF-17 fighter.




Radio Pakistan

✔@RadioPakistan

#PAF successfully test fires indigenously developed extended range smart weapon from JF-17 multi-role fighter aircraft http://www.radio.gov.pk/12-03-2019/paf-successfully-test-fires-indigenously-developed-extended-range-smart-weapon-from-jf-17 …


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1:54 PM - Mar 12, 2019

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Some Pakistani media outlets referred to the system as a 'missile' and others as a “extended-range smart weapon”. Several outlets also carried footage of the test of the 'smart weapon'. Interestingly, the video of the test, from the Pakistan Air Force, shows only hazy imagery of the weapon and effectively obscures it with a 'black box' before it impacts the ground.

The perceived secrecy surrounding the 'smart weapon' has aroused debate about its origins and whether the test was meant as a PR exercise amid tension with India.

The Pakistan Air Force announced on Tuesday the smart weapon “has provided JF-17 Thunder a very potent and assured day and night capability to engage variety of targets with pinpoint accuracy.” Quwa Defence News & Analysis Group, a website that covers the Pakistani military, observed that the decision to obscure footage of the smart weapon meant the “PAF did not want to disclose the design or characteristics of the new munition.” Such a motive would, however, raise questions about the need to share video footage in the first place.

In 2017, the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, which manufactures the JF-17, mentioned on its website about “the integration of standoff weapon with JF-17 Aircraft”, providing little additional information.

Pakistan is known to have developed the H2 and H4 'glide' bombs with South African assistance. Glide bombs have pop-out wings to travel longer distances than laser-guided bombs and typically use electro-optical guidance. Pakistan's The Dawnnewspaper reported in 2003 that the H4 glide bomb had been inducted into service and claimed it had a range of up to 120km. These weapons have some similarities to the Israeli-origin SPICE munitions the Indian Air Force reportedly used in its strike on Balakot.

These glide munitions were primarily carried by the Pakistan Air Force's fleet of upgraded Mirage III/V fighters, which are due for retirement. As the US is highly unlikely to allow the integration of such weapons on the F-16 fighters of the Pakistan Air Force, modifying the JF-17 to carry them would appear logical.

ALSO READ

• UNSC: China blocks listing of Masood Azhar as global terrorist; outrage erupts
• After IAF strike, bodies were moved from Balakot to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Gilgit activist
• Pak jets went supersonic 10km from LoC; IAF on high alert: Reports
• 'Failure to designate Azhar as global terrorist against regional peace'
• Amid tensions, Pakistan moves troops to India border

Global Industrial & Defence Solution (GIDS), a Pakistani company, has claimed to have developed a variety of guided weapons for aircraft, including range extension kits for existing unguided bombs and the Takbir, a 250kg glide bomb. Interestingly, social media users claimed the Takbir was the smart weapon tested recently and circulated images of a JF-17 carrying a Takbir.

In addition to bombs, the Pakistan Air Force has conducted multiple tests of a cruise missile called the Ra'ad since 2007, again using a Mirage III/V aircraft.

It is likely the 'mystery' over the precise nature of the 'smart weapon' will continue even as Pakistan celebrates achieving a capability it has had for years!

We don't want our 7× bigger enemy to be aware of our TRUE capabilities. That even without our nuclear weapons, we have the ability to destroy and humiliate them on the world stage. Let the indians continue to believe the illusion that they are a superpower who can defeat Pakistan in a matter of few seconds. This indian retarded delusion actually works in Pakistan's favour as was evident on February the 27th 2019.....

 

[Mrc]

The explosion was no 250 kg bomb .. It was more like 2000 pounds shaped charge

 

[GumNaam]

The explosion was no 250 kg bomb .. It was more like 2000 pounds shaped charge

bay yar, your post just made the whole indian army regiment run for the fields with diarrhea!

 

[Dil Pakistan]

Because Pakistan Army knows their psychology.

 

[Khanate]

Let the Indians sweat it out a bit.

 

[ghazi768]

I think the aim was to show to 'whom it may concern' that we not only have the ability to destroy exposed bunkers/hardened pens but also ability to destroy underground and hardened bunkers i.e. true 'bunker busters'.

 

[untitled]

Our neighbors haven't come up with any theories regarding the weapon. Most likely they don't care

 

[Vortex]

Our neighbors haven't come up with any theories regarding the weapon. Most likely they don't care

No. They are just shocked by the blast shockwave.

 

[ghazi52]

That is called Surprise Strike. SS.