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Friday, September 21, 2012

Importance of HATF VII


Pakistan crossed a major milestone in strengthening its deterrence after the test of its indigenously developed 700 KM range HATF VII cruise missile named Babur on September 17th 2012.

Pakistan has been testing and improving its cruise missile systems since 2005 and now maintains land and Air based versions of the system, Babur and Raad respectively.

Cruise missiles add to deterrence at both conventional and nuclear realms due to their ability to penetrate modern sophisticated air defense and anti ballistic missile defense networks and are therefore a credible option for counterforce targeting on land and Sea.

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