What's new

Pakistan Navy fires indigenous Harba anti-ship cruise missile

. . .
This is surprising. Pakistan was not known to have developed tracking radars or making any advanced seekers for the Babur to be converted to AShM. How can Pakistan get such a missile all of a sudden? Why Pakistan did not announce it but some random Indian source announced?
 
.
This is surprising. Pakistan was not known to have developed tracking radars or making any advanced seekers for the Babur to be converted to AShM. How can Pakistan get such a missile all of a sudden? Why Pakistan did not announce it but some random Indian source announced?
Because you have been hiding in a basement somewhere, hiding from gau rakshaks, and fascist nazis, doesn't mean the world went into freeze mode.
 
.
This is surprising. Pakistan was not known to have developed tracking radars or making any advanced seekers for the Babur to be converted to AShM. How can Pakistan get such a missile all of a sudden? Why Pakistan did not announce it but some random Indian source announced?
Pakistan is not known to be doing a lot of things, but they when they do happen it is surprising.
 
. . .
According to the Twitter account of Defence and Strategic Studies, “[PNS Himmat] fired an indigenously developed Harba naval cruise missile, which is a surface-to-surface anti-ship missile with land-attack capability,”

Pakistan_Navy_fires_indigenous_Harba_anti-ship_cruise_missile.jpg
Pakistan Navy ‘Harba’ anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) fired from the Azmat-class fast attack craft (FAC) PNS Himmat (Picture source: Pakistan Navy via Twitter account of Defence and Strategic Studies)

If the Harba ASCM is a variant of the Babur, Defence and Strategic Studies speculates, then it would essentially be a long-range sea-skimming ASCM. Like the C-802 ASCM, the Harba ASCM would likely rely on an inertial navigation system (INS)-based mid-course guidance system coupled with a terminal-stage active-homing seeker. It is not known what kind of active seeker the Harba ASCM is using, though for anti-ship warfare (AShW) active radar-homing (ARH) is a widespread solution. However, imaging infrared (IIR) could be an alternative, especially involving cases where strong electronic warfare (EW) and electronic countermeasures (ECM) jamming is expected (which can interfere or scuttle an ARH seeker).

The key aspect of the Harba is its potential range – 450 km or 700 km (depending on whether it is derived from the Babur 3 or Babur Version 2, respectively).

The Azmat-class FAC is not equipped with a long-range radar for surface target detection, tracking and mid-course guidance. To fully utilize the Harba’s range as an AShW solution, Defence and Strategic Studies explains, the PNS Himmat will require an off-board sensor, which could be another ship, an aircraft – such as the ZDK03/Karakoram Eagle airborne early warning and control platform – or land/shore-based radar to provide mid-course guidance. However, this would not be necessary if the Harba is used as a LACM against a fixed target, the PNS Himmat crew can simply input target information to the Harba’s INS guidance suite.

It would make sense for the Harba to be a standard ASCM of the forthcoming frigates being bought from China. Defense News reported that Pakistan inked a contract in June 2017 for a Type 054A frigate in the same sensor and weapons configuration as the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s ships. As per the Defense News report, Pakistan plans to procure a total of up to three of these frigates.
https://www.navyrecognition.com/ind...ndigenous-harba-anti-ship-cruise-missile.html
It's an example tht, pak is ready for a all out war and won't spare a bullet to fire on enemy, a signal to Indian navy beware of us this time ears won't be waiting for a order from NHQ to fire or not?
Thy been sent thier orders, when, where and what will be our answers if Indian navy tries to move in

Naa bhai we let the first one go so it will bring all its brothers along then we will hve a field day. By the way we need to have a lot of tea ready
And a lot of abhinandans for it? U mean tht? I gss! Lolzz
 
. . .
Hope its range reach 1500km so it can target indian land based targets inaddition to sea targets like tomohawk of u.s
the missile has good range........... we just need some guts........and right direction for the missile
 
. .
Naa bhai we let the first one go so it will bring all its brothers along then we will hve a field day. By the way we need to have a lot of tea ready
hope we dont make the same mistake of giving away prisinors.......

i dint get back my uncle in 1971....

i would surley want at least 2 indian prisnors to wash b shampoo dobberman
 
. .

Pakistan Defence Latest Posts

Pakistan Affairs Latest Posts

Back
Top Bottom