Pakistan Tests New Cruise Missile

Pakistani Hatf 9 nuclear-capable cruise missile
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12:45 31/05/2012

NEW DELHI, May 31 (RIA Novosti)

Pakistan carried out a succcessful test of its domestically-produced Raad (Hatf 8) nuclear-capable cruise missile on Thursday, Pakistan's GEO-TV reported.

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Gilani congratulated the missile's makers on the successful test.

According to local media, Raad is an air-launched cruise missile capable of destroying targets up to 350 km away, and uses stealth technology to avoid radar detection.

The test program for the missile has been underway a number of years, along with the land-based Babur cruise missile, with which it shares technology. The two systems are set to be the main cruise missiles of the Pakistan Armed Forces in the future

 

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