NEW DELHI – The Pakistani Navy successfully launched a land-to-seaanti-ship missile from a fast attack craft in the North Arabian Sea onTuesday, Pakistan military’s media wing said.
A Navy official said that the missile hit its target accurately, which waswitnessed by Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi. “NavalChief appreciated the efforts of relevant units, scientists and engineersto make this missile testing a success”.
Pakistan did not reveal the missile type tested on Tuesday, but it could bea naval version of the Babur, which is based on the Babur 1B (alsodesignated as Hatf VII). The missile was last test-fired in April 2019.
The test was conducted a day after Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar JavedBajwa expressed firm resolve to defend the country from a full-spectrumthreat.
Indian defence scientists have also planned a series of tests of itsnuclear-capable missiles, such as the K4 submarine-launched missile, aswell as the Agni 2, Prithvi, and Brahmos supersonic cruise missile in thecoming days.
As per the Indian media report: “Preparations are on in full swing for thetests…The focus will be on the performance of K-4 and Agni-II as both themissiles will be put to tests with new advanced systems”.
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The long-range (3,500 km) K-4 missiles have so far been tested four timessuccessfully from underwater pontoons. On 30 September, the Indo-Russianjoint venture BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was test-fired successfullywith an Indian propulsion system, airframe, and power supply.
These tests came against the backdrop of persistent firing at the borderlinkforthe last three months after New Delhi abrogated the special status grantedto the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir on 5 August.
Despite firing from heavy artillery, the two nuclear-armed nations aredoing little to deescalate their border conflict, and the situation onthe groundappears to be worseninglinkwitheach passing week, Reports Sputnik.
