This television screen grab shows UCAV Burraq launching the laser-guided missile Burq.
Three high profile militants were killed in Shawal Valley on Monday in a drone strike by Pakistan’s first indigenously-developed armed drone ‘Burraq’, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
“First ever use of Pakistani made Buraq drone today. A terrorist compound was hit in Shawal Valley, killing three high profile terrorists,” DG ISPR Asim Bajwa said on Twitter.
1st ever use of Pak made Burraq Drone today. Hit a terrorist compound in Shawal Valley killing 3 high profile terrorists.Details follow
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR)
September 7, 2015
Read: Drone war: ‘Burraq’ turned the tide in Tirah battle, say officials
Earlier, security officials said Pakistan’s indigenously-developed armed drone ‘Burraq’ has turned the tide against the militants in the offensive in Tirah Valley.
The remotely-piloted aircraft ‘Burraq’ and laser-guided missile ‘Burq’ were tested on March 14, taking Pakistan a step closer to acquiring the technology it has long demanded from the United States. However, senior security officials told
Express News that much before ‘Burraq’ was publicly showcased it had been tested in live combat against militants in the Tirah Valley.
Read: Pakistan successfully tests first indigenous armed drone: ISPR
A ground offensive was launched by Pakistan Army in North Waziristan Agency’s mountainous Shawal Valley last month as it is regarded as the last haven of fleeing homegrown militants and their foreign cohorts.
Pakistan's first indigenous armed drone kills 3 militants in Shawal: ISPR - The Express Tribune