Pakistan Navy Tests Dual Land-Attack & Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Plus

On 23 April 2019, the Pakistan Navy (PN) announced that it test-fired a cruise missile with dual-anti-ship and land-attack capabilities from one of its FAC-M (Fast Attack Craft – Missile) vessels, the PNS Himmat.

According to a statement from the PN’s Director General of Public Relations, the cruise missile “accurately hit its target on land.” In addition, the PN noted that the missile was domestically developed. However, it did not disclose the system’s range, payload, guidance type, or its designation.

However, in January 2018, the PN announced that it test-fired the ‘Harba’, which it did designate as being capable of both anti-ship and land-attack missions. Moreover, it was the PNS Himmat which had test-fired the Harba, i.e., the same ship that test-fired this recent cruise missile.

Thus, this recent cruise missile test was likely that of the Harba.

With it, the PN has cruise missiles for each of its core deployment domains: the Harba for surface-launch platforms; the Zarb for coastal defence; and the Babur 3 submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM).