Pakistan conducts first flight test of surface-to-surface Ababeel missile

'The indigenously-developed surface to surface missile can strike target with high accuracy at a range of 2,200kms'


Our Correspondent January 24, 2017
This photo released by the Inter-Services Public Relations shows surface to surface ballistic Ababeel missile being test fired on Tuesday, January 24, 2017. PHOTO: ISPR

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has successfully test-fired indigenously-developed surface to surface nuclear-capable missile Ababeel, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Tuesday.

“Pakistan successfully conducted first flight test of SSM Ababeel, Range 2,200 kilometres,’ DG ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted.



According to the military’s media wing, the missile is capable of delivering multiple warheads, using Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology. "The test flight was aimed at validating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system," a statement said.

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"Ababeel is capable of carrying nuclear warheads and has the capability to engage multiple targets with high precision, defeating the enemy’s hostile radars," it added.

The ISPR said, development of Ababeel Weapon System is aimed at ensuring survivability of Pakistan’s ballistic missiles in the growing regional Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) environment. "This will further reinforce deterrence."



Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah congratulated the nation and the missile launch team on the achievement.

The development came over two weeks after indigenously-developed submarine-launched cruise missile Babur-III was successfully test-fired.

Babur weapons system incorporates advanced aerodynamics and avionics that can strike targets both at land and sea with high accuracy at a range of 700kms. It is a low flying, terrain hugging missile, which carries certain stealth features and is capable of carrying various types of warheads.

COMMENTS (20)

XoF | 7 years ago | Reply Ma some dam buster missiles too..its a good idea for modern deterance.
FAZ | 7 years ago | Reply @VINEETH: Yea.. keep guessing. In the list of things to keep guessing on, add everything. all other missile tests. May be that nuclear test video in Chaghi was also fake. USGS was fooled by the Chinese and Pakistan doesnt possess nuclear weapons. Keep guessing.. By the way there are a lot of Chinese stuff that the US is also guessing. To keep the enemy in guessing mode SHOULD be a strategy
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