Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday conducted a successful flight test of the indigenously-developed Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) ‘Ra’ad’, just over a week after its arch-rival India reached a new civilian nuclear accord with the United States. The military said the missile, with a range of 350km, enables Pakistan to achieve ‘strategic standoff capability’ on land and at sea.“Cruise Technology” is extremely complex and has been developed by only a few countries in the world. The state of the art Ra’ad Cruise Missile with stealth capabilities is a low altitude, terrain hugging missile with high manoeuvrability; can deliver nuclear and conventional warheads with pin point accuracy.
The agreement reached during President Barack Obama’s visit to New Delhi broke a deadlock that stalled a civilian atomic power agreement for years. But it drew condemnation from Pakistan,
| ...of course it did... |
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Director-General Strategic Plans Division, Lt-Gen. Zubair Mahmood Hayat, while congratulating the scientists and engineers on achieving yet another milestone of historic significance, termed it a major step towards strengthening Pakistan’s full spectrum credible minimum deterrence capability. Pakistan’s strategic pursuits are aimed at achieving strategic stability in the region, he said.