Published on 26 Sep 2014 Pakistan Army Test Fired Hatf 9 Nasr Missile Successfully - Nasr Atomic Ballistic Missile.. The Hatf IX (Vengeance IX) or Nasr (Arabic: نصر), is a solid fuelled tactical ballistic missile system developed by Pakistans National Development Complex (NDC). It is referred to by Pakistans Inter Services Public Relations organization as a Multi Tube Ballistic Missile because the launch vehicle carries multiple missiles. Its existence was revealed after a test in 2011 and it appears to have entered service after further testing in 2013. Pakistan conducted another successful test fire of Short Range Surface to Surface Missile Hatf IX (NASR) on September 26, 2014. The missile can carry nuclear warheads of appropriate yield, with high accuracy. It also has an inflight maneuver capability and is specially designed to defeat all known anti-tactical missile defense systems. It also has the ability to fire at a target and immediately relocate to another position to avoid enemy counter-fire. This was confirmed by Mansoor Ahmed, of Quaid-e-Azam University’s Department of Defence and Strategic Studies. Its in-flight maneuverability is being improved to defeat potential Indian missile defenses against artillery rockets and short-range ballistic missiles, such as the Israeli Iron Dome system.” He further went on to say that the system is “fully integrated into the centralized command-and-control structure through round the clock situational awareness in a digitized network centric environment to the decision makers at National Command Center. Nasr is obviously India-specific and the salvo launch capability is a key ability in stopping Indian armored thrusts into Pakistani territory. The missiles existence was first reported after a test-firing on 19 April 2011.] A 4-missile salvo fired on the 5th October 2013 is believed to have marked the conclusion of the testing programme and the systems likely entry into service youtube/watch?v=dpbtkT4bqiQ
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:26:56 +0000
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