ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Navy has successfully test-fired a locally developedmissile which can hit targets on both land and sea.
The missile was launched from the Fast-Attack Missile Craft in NorthArabian Sea which successfully hit its target, a statement from the Navysaid on Tuesday.
“The indigenously developed Cruise Missile has anti-ship missile and LandAttack capability,” it said.
The successful live weapon firing has once again demonstrated the crediblefire-power of Pakistan Navy and the impeccable level of indigenization inhigh tech weaponry achieved by Pakistan’s defense industry. This is a clearmanifestation of the Government’s resolve to achieve self-reliance in thisfield.
Pakistan Navy termed this successful test a ‘landmark development’ whichwill reinforce the country’s policy of credible minimum deterrence throughindigenization and self-reliance.
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Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice-Admiral Kaleem Shaukat was present at thetime of test-launch.
The Naval chief not only praised operational readiness of Pakistan Navy’sfleet but also lauded the efforts of naval engineers and researchers fortheir role in this achievement.
