Air-to-air missile
\nMissile features advanced terminal guidance system to engage targets at longer ranges
\nIslamabad
\nPakistan on Tuesday performed a successful flight test of the country\u2019s first indigenously developed air-to-air missile, Fa\u2019az, \u201cmarking another significant milestone in the advancement of national aerospace and defence capabilities\u201d, the military\u2019s media wing said.
\nAccording to a statement by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the missile is equipped with a state-of-the-art terminal guidance system and can engage enemy targets at longer ranges.
\n\u201cFa\u2019az will significantly enhance [the] operational flexibility of [the] Pakistan Air Force, further strengthening the country\u2019s overall defence posture. The successful flight test underscores the technical maturity, innovation and self-reliance achieved by Pakistan\u2019s defence industry,\u201d the statement added.
\nThe launch was witnessed by senior military officers, scientists and engineers involved in the development of the system, the ISPR said.
\nIt added that President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir and the service chiefs congratulated the scientists.
\nMeanwhile, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi issued a statement congratulating the nation on the test.
\n\u201cOur scientists and engineers have once again achieved a remarkable feat that makes the nation proud,\u201d the ministry quoted him as saying. \u201cThe successful test of the indigenously developed Fa\u2019az missile marks a significant advancement in the field of defence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Air-to-air missile Missile features advanced terminal guidance system to engage targets at longer ranges Islamabad Pakistan on Tuesday performed a successful flight test of the country\u2019s first indigenously developed air-to-air missile, Fa\u2019az, \u201cmarking another significant milestone in the advancement of national aerospace and defence capabilities\u201d, the military\u2019s media wing said. According to a statement by …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":105324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105359,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105349\/revisions\/105359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}