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20th August 1998 an American Tomahawk Cruise missile fell in Pakistani territory in spectacularly pristine condition.Most of the missile remained intact,the warhead did not explode and fuel did not catch fire.
It was an opportunity "Out of the blue" for Pakistan. Despite American demands ,Pakistan kept the missile and it was thoroughly studied. Software was extracted and studied and so was the hardware. At the time Pakistan had already started Cruise missile program and then this happened which propelled Pakistani Cruise missile program years ahead and cut the cost many times. Systems which #Pakistan had to make themselves after much research and expenditure ,simply fell into our laps for reverse engineering.
Pakistan openly said they will study the missile and incorporate any information gained into own cruise missile program. But American experts said it's not possible to gain any knowledge from a fallen, partially destroyed missile.
 
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And then This monster was born......:-)

In less then two decades, we have progressed a lot.......

Thank You USA :usflag:

But most Thanks to God for this gift..... :enjoy:
 
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Pakistani Cruise Missile program was started in 1996 and this incident happened in 1998. Some experts blame Pakistan for reverse engineering but Babar is not 100% re-engineered Tomahawk. Our engineers surely received information by studying that crashed missile but Babur is indigenous.
 
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Pretty sure Pakistan would have developed a cruise missile sooner or later, with or without this tomahawk.

A one time use turbofan is quite a simple thing to develop...no need to worry about huge TBC's, advanced superalloys and mitigating creep through SCB....and you can probably even physically iterate a few designs in short order if you put about a dozen competent mettalurgists and about the same number of material engineers and give them a few years (or use fewer and give them more time).

Then design the body and control surfaces, run the aerodynamic iterations and strap on a rocket booster. There you have it.

The tomahawk at most probably gave some shortcuts regarding ducting and I bet the Chinese were interested in the avionics for sure....but not a huge game changer like the original article is making it out to be.
 
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20th August 1998 an American Tomahawk Cruise missile fell in Pakistani territory in spectacularly pristine condition.Most of the missile remained intact,the warhead did not explode and fuel did not catch fire.
It was an opportunity "Out of the blue" for Pakistan. Despite American demands ,Pakistan kept the missile and it was thoroughly studied. Software was extracted and studied and so was the hardware. At the time Pakistan had already started Cruise missile program and then this happened which propelled Pakistani Cruise missile program years ahead and cut the cost many times. Systems which #Pakistan had to make themselves after much research and expenditure ,simply fell into our laps for reverse engineering.
Pakistan openly said they will study the missile and incorporate any information gained into own cruise missile program. But American experts said it's not possible to gain any knowledge from a fallen, partially destroyed missile.
The name of Babur Han (Khan in many parts) is associated with "keramets" (miracles). He was facing trouble conquering Hindistan. He found that it might be due to his drinking issues. So, he broke his wine jars and prayed to the LORD for victory, which was granted to him. I believe he introduced gun powder to Hindistan. When his son fell sick he sacrificed his life for his son's recovery through Divine intervention.
 
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Pretty sure Pakistan would have developed a cruise missile sooner or later, with or without this tomahawk.

A one time use turbofan is quite a simple thing to develop...no need to worry about huge TBC's, advanced superalloys and mitigating creep through SCB....and you can probably even physically iterate a few designs in short order if you put about a dozen competent mettalurgists and about the same number of material engineers and give them a few years (or use fewer and give them more time).

Then design the body and control surfaces, run the aerodynamic iterations and strap on a rocket booster. There you have it.

The tomahawk at most probably gave some shortcuts regarding ducting and I bet the Chinese were interested in the avionics for sure....but not a huge game changer like the original article is making it out to be.
Yeah sure.Making a cruise missile is as easy as making ice cream. No wonder India is still struggling. I blame hot weather. Bye
 
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In less then two decades, we have progressed a lot.......

Thank You USA :usflag:

But most Thanks to God for this gift..... :enjoy:

This is the FIRST thread ever where someone from Pakistan said thank you to America :) :enjoy::tup::tup:

Yeah sure.Making a cruise missile is as easy as making ice cream. No wonder India is still struggling. I blame hot weather. Bye

LOL, haha, good come back :rofl: :tup:
 
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