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Pakistan Test Fired Enhanced Babur Weapon System-1 (B) Cruise Missile
Pakistan Test Fired Enhanced Babur Weapon System-1 (B) Cruise Missile Details Features
Pakistan had successfully tested fired its Babur Weapon System-1 (B), an enhanced version of indigenously-built Babur cruise missile on 14th April 2018.
The Babur Weapon System-1 (B) Cruise Missile has been named after the first Mughal emperor Babur. It can deliver conventional and non-conventional weapons with range of 700 kilometres.
The Babur Weapon System-1 (B) Cruise Missile has the capacity to strike many major Indian cities within its range
The Babur Weapon System-1 (B) Cruise Missile is a low-flying, terrain-hugging missile, which carries certain stealth features, making it important force multiplier for Pakistan strategic deterrence
The Babur Weapon System-1 (B) Cruise Missile facilitates advanced aerodynamics and avionics that can strike targets both at land and sea with high accuracy.
The Babur Weapon System-1 (B) Cruise Missile is equipped with Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM) and all-time Digital Scene Matching and Area Co-relation (DSMAC) technologies, which enables to give pinpoint accuracy in various types of targets even in the absence of GPS navigation.
Cruise Missile
The cruise missile is an important part of Pakistan’s strategic deterrence. It is an unmanned self-propelled (till the time of impact) guided missile. It flies within the earth’s atmosphere and uses jet engine technology to propel itself and fly during its major portion of its flight path at approximately constant speed.
The cruise missile is designed to deliver a large warhead over long distances with high precision. Modern cruise missiles are self-navigating and are capable of traveling at supersonic or high subsonic speeds and are able to fly on non-ballistic, extremely low-altitude trajectory.
