Pakistan Test Fires 700 km Ranged Nuclear Capable Cruise Missile

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[Srirangan]

Pakistan successfully test-fired on Thursday a nuclear-capable cruise missile with the capability to avoid radar detection, the military said.

The missile, named Babur or Hatf VII, has a range of 700 kilometers (434 miles) and is capable of carrying various types of warheads, including nuclear, the military-run Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate said.

''The test is part of Pakistan's ongoing efforts at consolidating its strategic capability and strengthening national security,'' the directorate said in a statement.

Babur was first tested in 2005. It was test-launched again on Thursday with an enhanced range, a military official said.

[Srirangan]

hmmmm .. not good!

[kinoxi]

Hmmm.... agreed.

[spikeytx86]

Why do I think China helped Pakistan along?

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[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Not good at all.

Don't they already have the capability to hit all of India, though?

[Cindy]

Thanks Srirangan for this thread and info.

[Srirangan]

Probably because they've helped Pakistan with the nuclear and ballistic missile program, so why not with Cruise missiles! All of their "contain India" strategy.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

An old image from the BBC:

[Srirangan]

Well yeah, their ballistic missiles can hit most of the Indian mainland.

[Srirangan]

Here's an archived pic of Babur Hatf IV cruise missile: Photo by Geo.tv

[expatguy]

Worse because much of this is on behalf of Iran ~ things are getting bad very bad.

[Enduring Freedom]

[WestVirginiaRebel]

We need this like a hole on the head-on top of the Russians' recent belligerence over our helping the Czechs and the Poles with their missile defense. I'm not saying they're connected, BUT...

[sukhoi-30mki]

Makes perfect sense to have such a weapon,if you are a Paki.The specs of this weapon put this roughly in the class of the Tomahawk,not larger weapons.You can modify the torpedo tubes of their Agosta 90Bs or surface ships to fire those & upto 4 such weapons can be carried on those subs.It completes a poor man's nuclear triad!!

Their ballistic missiles are too cumbersome for launch from anything other than land platforms,reducing range & increasing it's vulnerability.

[Srirangan]

You know what really makes "perfect sense" if I'd be a Pakistani?

...

Emigration.