Pakistan Tests Upgraded Shaheen-1A Missile

[MUHARIB]

Congrats to Pakistan.

 

[Arsalan]

NDTV Reporting:
Video Link
[video]http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/fromndtv/230297[/video]

 

[Lankan Ranger]

 

[saiyan0321]

The main point is pakistan let the chance go by to test a long range missile ..one can give 100 excuses but the time window has passed and train was missed ..
Strategically ,psychologically a good development that pakistan is turning 180 degree on arms race with india

well still maybe more will happen but like i said your missile was not pakistan centric there was no reason to test anything like this as the world wont listen to well they did it too...

anyway good better range and accuracy is very good indeed lets see what will happen next.... well good anyway i am glad tests are happening

Doesn't NDC operate under NESCOM, which is the parent organization?

nescom is buddy

 

[Zarvan]

Says who? We all knew Agni V was going to be launched before it was launched. Airlines have to be informed, fishing lines have to be monitored, there is no way there is a gag on it.



I don't know man, your theory just doesn't fit. I knew a few people who worked in related fields. They offered employees to come and watch the tests and would pack people in busses and go there. It is a festive like environment where they observe the tests.



I think all did...

Still the main question is what the hell is Alpha ?

 

[saiyan0321]

Yes, they are .

no point we trade with china

 

[darkinsky]

range in 4500 km??

 

[Zarvan]

Pakistan test fires medium-range missile
By the CNN Wire Staff
April 25, 2012 -- Updated 0634 GMT (1434 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
India carried out a test flight of a long-range nuclear-capable missile last week
Pakistan says it has launched a new version of a medium-range missile into the sea
The test will strengthen the country's "deterrence abilities," the Pakistani military says
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan said Wednesday that it had conducted a test launch of a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, just days after its arch-rival India tested a longer-range missile.
The Pakistani military said in a statement that the launch of the improved version of the Shaheen-1 missile was successful and that its impact point was at sea.
The new version of the missile "will further consolidate and strengthen Pakistan's deterrence abilities," the statement said, citing Lt. Gen. Khalid Ahmed Kidwai, head of the military's Strategic Plans Division.
India said last week that it had successfully carried out the maiden test flight of its longest-range nuclear-capable missile, which can apparently travel more than 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles).

 

[Norboo]

surprised to see many bein disappointed that Pakistan have not test fired a LRBM, friends, please.
we DO NOT NEED a long range missiles to answer INDIA as all there land is already in range of our missiles. so kindly just clear your thoughts on this that the answer to Agni-IV is NOT a shaheen III!

Correct! Why should Pakistan waste time and resources on an ICBM with a range greater than 5000 km? Pakistan's only foe and staunch enemy is India which is within range of Pakistan's existing missiles.

Unless they want an ICBM for targeting the Jews in Israel! Israel though already possesses variants of the nuke tipped Jericho missiles that can reach Pakistan. I think that is what is in the minds of Pakistani strategists and the reason why they think they need an ICBM to counter Israel, just in case.

 

[zip]

Cnn_ibn is reporting it as hatf 4 ... Is it true ?

 

[monitor]

“Hatf 4 Shaheen 1A” ballistic missile test successful
By: Javeria Nasir, Uploaded: 25th April 2012 (1 hour ago)

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan here on Wednesday successfully fired Hatf 4- Shaheen 1A missile capable of carrying nuclear weapons , Aaj news reported.

The missile was marked into the Indian ocean and was targeted successfully at its location, said Inter services public relations (ISPR) sources.

Retired General Talat Masood, a defence analyst, told media it would be able to hit targets up to 2,500 to 3,000 kilometres (1,550 to 1,850 miles) away.

Haft 4 is an improvised form of Shaheen 1 missile series in Pakistan and capable of nuclear system.

Director General Strategic Plans Division Lieutenant General Khalid Ahmed Kidwai congratulated scientists and engineers on the successful launch.

Pakistan army also possess Hatf I battlefield range ballistic missile (BRBN) which entered service with the Pakistan Army in the early 1990s. It is deployed as an artillery rocket and has been replaced by the improved Hatf IA and Hatf IB, which have a maximum range of 100 km.

 

[Arsalan]

Still the main question is what the hell is Alpha ?

improved version with better flight parameters and improved accuracy.
the improvement in flight parameters may include better maneuvering or something to avoid being easy target to ground based anti-missile defense systems!

regards!

 

[saiyan0321]

Retired General Talat Masood, a defence analyst, told media it would be able to hit targets up to 2,500 to 3,000 kilometres (1,550 to 1,850 miles) away.

750 km only pal but so far not much is revealed but news channels are saying its 750 km can anybody clarify

 

[SHAMK9]

Some reports are saying 700km, others are saying 4,000kms, what's the real range?

 

[Norboo]

This is interesting. The news says the testing was done in Indian Ocean. Information from other news is that the missile range is only 700Kms. Indian ocean is thousands of Kms. from Pakistan mainland. So, does this mean that the missile was ship launched in the Indian ocean? Does anyone know the launch point and impact points of the missile?

I think they meant the Arabian Sea! Damn! These journalists and scientists need to study some geography before reporting the launching of missiles!