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On November 25, 2013, Pakistan’s ISPR announced that the Pakistan Army and
PAF had inducted the first batch of ‘indigenously developed’ strategic UAVs, namely
the Burraq and Shahpar UAV Systems, into the Pakistan Army and PAF. It was
claimed that the Burraq has been developed by Pakistan's state-owned NESCOM.
However, a closer examination of the photo of the Burraq released by the ISPR clearly
proves the fact that it is merely a NESCOM-assembled CH-3, which has been developed
by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC) and AVIC Defense as a
multi-purpose medium-range UAV system suitable for battlefield reconnaissance, artillery
fire adjustment, data relay and electronic warfare. The CH-3 can be armed with twin
laser-guided AR-1 anti-armour missiles, has a cruising speed of 220kph, 12-hour maximum
endurance, and a 200km line-of-sight communications radius.
Pakistan's "Burraq" UCAV : Images from recent flights
Chinese CH-3 UCAV Poster displayed at a previous Zhuhai Air Show for comparison
Older image of CH-3 UCAV in flight testing in China
Source: How China's CH-3 UCAV has become Pakistan's Burraq UCAV