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Archive for November, 2006

On the 12th of August 2005, Pakistan announced that it successfully tested its first cruise missile, named Babur, meaning “Tiger”. It propelled Pakistan into an exclusive group of ten countries that operate cruise missiles, and an even more exclusive group of countries that can develop and manufacture them. Babur Missile

The Babur is described as a subsonic, low-level terrain-mapping missile and its range has been reported to be upto 500km, but details on its on its guidance, propulsion system or its payload is still unannounced. Read the rest of this entry »