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Video: Pakistan holds successful flight test of Cruise Missile ‘Ra’ad-II’
The weapon system was equipped with state-of-the-art guidance and navigation systems

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Director General Strategic Plans Division Lt. General Nadeem Zaki Manj meeting officers after holding successful flight test of a Cruise Missile in PakistanImage Credit: ISPR

Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday conducted successful flight test of 600-kilometer-range Air Launched Cruise Missile “Ra’ad-II”.

The Ra’ad-II missile would significantly enhance air-delivered strategic standoff capability on land and at sea, an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release said.
The weapon system was equipped with state-of-the-art guidance and navigation systems ensuring engagement of targets with high precision.


The successful flight test was witnessed by Director General Strategic Plans Division Lieutenant General Nadeem Zaki Manj, Chairman NESCOM Dr Nabeel Hayat Malik, senior officers from Strategic Plans Division, Strategic Forces and Strategic Organizations.

The Director General Strategic Plans Division appreciated the technical prowess, dedication and commitment of scientists and engineers who contributed wholeheartedly to develop the weapon system and making this launch a success.
He also termed it “a major step towards complementing Pakistan’s deterrence capability”.
The President, Prime Minister of Pakistan, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and Services Chiefs have congratulated the Scientists and Engineers on the successful conduct of missile test.

 

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This is not the first time, is it? I have seen it before. Is there something new now or just the old news?
 

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This is not the first time, is it? I have seen it before. Is there something new now or just the old news?
You may be confusing this with 2017 Pakistan Day parade when a mock-up of RAAD-2 was paraded but it was an inaccurate and approximate representation.
This is the first time the missile being shown and range revealed.
 

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This is not the first time, is it? I have seen it before. Is there something new now or just the old news?

No bro, this is a recent test, the Ra'ad 2 was displayed before , and if i am not wrong tested too ..but this is a new test maybe with some improvements.
 

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Guys how easy is it to integrate the missile on the F-15 & F-16? We have some experience in this as we integrated South Korean made missile into our F-15s.
 

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Guys how easy is it to integrate the missile on the F-15 & F-16? We have some experience in this as we integrated South Korean made missile into our F-15s.
F-15???
It's a huge plane and can carry pretty much anything.

Pakistan was facing difficulty in integrating Raad ALCM on JF-17 as the jet is small .
That's why only used from Mirages
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The horizontal stabilizer at the rear of the missile was the problem as it's too wide , non-folding and came in the way of JF-17 landing gear stowing mechanism.

With these rear horizontal stabilizers removes and Storm shadow / SCALP style X shaped wings added, that problem is solved. But we have yet to see this missile on a JF-17.
 

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Look what I found ... Screenshot from the end of ISPR video.
This dude is holding a Raad-2 model , and it's very different from Raad-1 .

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A perfect SCALP / Storm Shadow knock off .. Only with 200 Km additional range.
India will buy SCALP with Rafale deal, but those are only with 400 Km Range and no Anti Ship Ca[abilities.
Here Pakistan already made a SCALP lookalike at home with extra range and additional anti Ship capabilities

 
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