KARACHI - Pakistan defence firms had displayed state of the art surveillance and precision strike drones.
Three Pakistan-manufactured drones were put on display at IDEAS 18. The Burraq, Uqaab and the Shahpar are three unmanned aerial vehicles now being produced in the country. [image: Burraq drone. -Photo by author]
The Burraq is primarily used by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and has been used in counter-insurgency operations in the country’s northwest. In 2015 the military’s media wing announced that the drone was capable of precision attacks on ground targets. [image: Burraq drone. -Photo by author]
Two other drones, primarily used for reconnaissance are the Uqaab and the Shahpar.
The Shahpar, bigger of the two, has an endurance of around seven hours and a range of 250km. The drone can fly at an altitude of maximum 17,000 feet. [image: Pakistan manufactured Shahpar drone. -Photo by author]
The Uqaab has a shorter range at 150km and flies at a maximum altitude of 10,000 feet.