Big Setback For Pakistan As Its Under-Development Babur-II Cruise Missile Crashes In Second Consecutive Test

In a major setback for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan’s efforts to build a 750-kilometer range ground-launched cruise missile Babur-II, the delivery platform crashed merely two minutes after traversing a distance of 14-kilometers from the point of launch, reports Hindustan Times.

The latest crash of Pakistan’s Babur-II cruise missile platform marks the second consecutive test failure, as it had met a similar fate on 10 April 2018.

It should be noted that Pakistan has been engaging with China to build cruise missiles with terrain hugging and sea-skimming capabilities to match the abilities of Indian 1,000-kilometers range cruise missile Nirbhay which has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Pakistan’s cruise missile platforms are derivatives of Chinese C-602 and C-802 missiles. It is presently also trying to develop an air-launched cruise missile called RAAD.

Meanwhile, the Indian Nirbhay cruise missile platform has already undergone six test trials of which the last one witnessed the platform successfully meeting all mission objectives.