General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), visited the Army AirDefence Centre Karachi on Thursday.
The COAS laid wreaths at the martyrs monument on his arrival in the Sindhcapital. Later, he witnessed commissioning of a state of the art Chineseorigin HQ-9/P HIMADS (High to Medium Air Defence System) into the PakistanArmy Air Defence.
Commander of the Army Air Defence Command Lt-Gen Hamood uz Zaman Khanbriefed the COAS about the strategic weapon system.
“Induction of HIMADS will significantly enhance the Comprehensive LayeredIntegrated Air Defence (CLIAD) shield of aerial frontiers of Pakistan asthe system is fully integrated through a well-knit Digitised System on itsinventory.
“Capable of intercepting multiple air targets including aircrafts, cruisemissiles and Beyond Visual Range Weapons at ranges over 100 kilometres withSingle Shot Kill Probability, HQ-9/P is considered as a strategiclong-range Surface to Air Missile (SAM) with remarkable flexibility andprecision,” says a press release issued by the Inter-Services PublicRelations, media wing of the Pakistan Army.
Speaking on the occasion, the COAS said that induction of high-tech systemswill make Pakistan’s air defence impenetrable in the emerging threatscenario.
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Highlighting the criticality of air defence in the overall defence of themotherland, the COAS said that exemplary synergy between Pakistan Air Forceand Pakistan Army Air Defence makes country’s air defence impregnable.
The Pakistan–China strategic partnership and defence collaboration is afactor of stability in the region, the COAS remarked.
Senior officials from China were also present on the occasion.
