RAWALPINDI: Pakistan on Tuesday successfully conducted a test launch of the indigenously developed extended version of the Fatah-4 Ground-Launched Cruise Missile, the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said.
The weapon system is equipped with advanced avionics and state-of-the-art navigational aids and is capable of engaging targets at extended ranges with high precision and lethality, ISPR stated.
The test also validated additional technical parameters of various sub-systems incorporated for improved accuracy and enhanced survivability, ISPR said.
“Today’s launch was witnessed by senior officers from the Pakistan Army along with scientists and engineers of the developing agency,” the ISPR added.
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and Services Chiefs commended the successful test launch of Fatah-4 Extended Version.
They appreciated the technical prowess, dedication, and commitment of all those who contributed to achieving this milestone.
The Fatah-4 Ground-Launched Cruise Missile is indigenously developed by the National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM) and the Global Industrial and Defence Solutions (GIDS). It has a range of 750 kilometres.
The missile weighs about 1,530 kilograms and measures around 7.5 metres in length and 0.5 metres in diameter. The missile cruises at Mach 0.7 and can fly as low as 50 metres, hugging the terrain to evade detection.
It carries a 330-kilogram blast-fragmentation warhead. Guidance is provided by a GPS/GNSS-aided inertial navigation system with Digital Scene Matching Area Correlator (DSMAC) technology, along with advanced avionics and navigational aids. Its circular error probable (CEP), a measure of accuracy, is 5 metres.
The missile has a naval derivative, the Harbah NG anti-ship cruise missile, which shares a common Babur-derived platform. The Fatah-4 is operational following a training fire conducted by the Army Rocket Force Command on 14 May 2026.
The test followed the successful training fire of the Fatah-4 ground-launched cruise missile in May this year.
Earlier this year, the Army Rocket Force Command conducted a successful training launch of the indigenously developed Fateh-II missile system.
In a statement on April 28, the ISPR said the launch was witnessed by senior officers from the Strategic Plans Division, Army Rocket Force Command and Pakistan Army, along with scientists and Engineers of Strategic Organisations.
A week before that, the Pakistan Navy carried out a successful live firing of the Taimoor air-launched cruise missile, an indigenous anti-ship weapon system.
“The air-launched cruise missile executed its mission with exceptional precision, validating the Pakistan Navy’s combat capability to detect, target and decisively neutralise enemy sea-based threats at extended ranges,” the ISPR had said.
