Pakistan Succesful Test Fired Hatf-VIII Ra'ad ALCM

[shaheenmissile]

Not. It will take trajectory changes to align itself to target pakistan. More over what is so special with A5 War head is that it can course correct itself .So destroying it with air defense is near impossible . So A5 Won .
We can even fire it Andaman island even with your logic

A5 won over RaaD

Shaheen 1A and Shaheen 2 both have course correction since 2008.

 

[Pakistani shaheens]

Raad for Agni-5.
Babur would have been better or even a shaheen.

There is no need to compare ballistic missile with cruise missile, they both are of different dimensions

 

[Guynextdoor2]

very very bad timing for test

Much better timing than firing the Nasr missile immediately after we launched our MARS PROBE

 

[Zarvan]

Hatf is the standard title for all Pakistan missiles
Nasr, Raad etc are their INDIVIDUAL titles. Think of Hatf as a surname.

We now need something like YJ-12 with over Mach 4 speed

 

[shaheenmissile]

Agni-5 is a 50 ton fatty which can never be a true road mobile missile.
Look around,all road mobile missiles in the world are less than 30 tons. Same as Pakistan's shaheen 2

 

[VelocuR]

Raad for Agni-5.
Babur would have been better or even a shaheen.

Too slow and ineffective, you can see the fire engines on the bottom which is similar to Russia missiles, yep.

 

[hunter_hunted]

Not. It will take trajectory changes to align itself to target pakistan. More over what is so special with A5 War head is that it can course correct itself .So destroying it with air defense is near impossible . So A5 Won .
We can even fire it Andaman island even with your logic

A5 won over RaaD

Well to see if agni can really do that we have to wait for actual war.... Because what you call full proof might not be the case with the enemy coz enemy will have its own means to destroy the full-proof missile ..... But for Ra'ad to destroy you have to find it first. But agni will be there in sky like a "knight with a shinning armour" for enemy to see

 

[SrNair]

350 km range? LOL

Dude .You should congratulate your nation .
They did very well that within their capability.

 

[Kompromat]

350 km range? LOL

Do you even know what you are talking about?

 

[Norwegian]

Do you even know what you are talking about?

I meant even Babur missile is better than this.

 

[me_itsme]

Why is it called air launched? Is it launched from an aircraft?

 

[pursuit of happiness]

Pakistan conducts flight test of Ra'ad

Pakistan on Monday conducted a successful flight test of the indigenously developed Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) “Ra’ad”, said an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release.

The Ra’ad missile, with a range of 350 km, enables Pakistan to achieve 'strategic standoff 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; can deliver nuclear and conventional warheads with pin point accuracy.

Director General Strategic Plans Division, Lieutenant General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, while congratulating the scientists and engineers on achieving yet another milestone of historic significance, termed it a major step towards strengthening Pakistan’s full spectrum credible minimum deterrence capability. Pakistan’s strategic pursuits are aimed at achieving strategic stability in the region, he said.

He appreciated the technical prowess, dedication and commitment of scientists who contributed whole heartedly to make this launch a success.

He showed his full confidence over operational preparedness of strategic forces including employment and deployment concepts, refinement and training of all ranks in operational and technical domains.

The successful launch has been commended by President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who have congratulated the scientists and engineers on their outstanding achievement.

Pakistan conducts flight test of Ra'ad - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

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Raad is pak missile ?

 

[Kompromat]

I meant even Babur missile is better than this.

Because Babur is a DIFFERENT system, its design and application is different so is the doctrine its designed for. Babur's main objective is to give PA the ability to surgically destroy 'tier 1' C4ISR infrastructure of the enemy as well as to attack other high value targets while staying off the battlefield. Babur is also designed for being launched from Augosta-90B submarines to deliver a nuclear warhead giving Pakistan a second strike capability and a partial nuclear triad. (Triad is ability to nuke the target from Land, Air or Sea)

Ra'ad has a range of 350km and its designed to again destroy high value infrastructure of the enemy while staying off from the heat of battle. It can also deliver a tactical nuclear warhead without being seen on enemy radar. Ra'ad can fly on a tree top level. The Norwegian Naval Strike Missile has a maximum range of 290kms. That is not because Raad and NSM can't have extended range but because that is the range planners need to do the job they ought to.

 

[pursuit of happiness]

Illiterates who think this is a competition should not be allowed on PDF.
Pakistani ballistic missiles already cover all of india except some south easter and north eastern corner. There is no need to need to develop longer range missiles. Instead we need to improve the current arsenal in accuracy and reliability.

Imagine if someone stupid was in-charge who thought, oh India tested a 2000km range missile? lets test a 2500km range missile. What a wastage of resources. Instead money should be spent on MIRVs and improving current arsenal. I am glad Strategic Planning Division did not go apeshit like some people here. Smart decision by them.

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the diffrence is india is upgrading system ...
pak is reacting with test ...
it was happned with nasr now raad..
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i agree with you pak should upgrade missle system than testing back to back india which imran khan pointed out

 

[Winchester]

350 km range? LOL

I meant even Babur missile is better than this.

You OK in the head ???
RAAD is an Air Launched Cruise Missile
Babur is not....
We are talking about developing a missile for targeting a country right on our border whatever its range is its enough to get their panties wet