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Pakistan Test Fires Abdali Missile System
On 03 May 2025, Pakistan’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced that the Pakistan Army (PA) successfully fired the “Abdali” surface-to-surface missile (SSM) as part of a training exercise.
In a press release, the ISPR states that the “Abdali Weapon System” has a range of 450 km and that its training launch was aimed at “validating key technical parameters, including the missile’s advanced navigation system and enhanced manoeuvrability features.”
Officials and personnel from the Army’s Strategic Forces Command, the Strategic Plans Division, and other “strategic organizations” were also present at the training launch.
The New Abdali is Likely a Variant of the Fatah Missile
The recently tested “Abdali Weapon System” SSM appears to be a major derivative – if not different – platform from the original Hatf-2 Abdali ballistic missile Pakistan inducted in the mid-2000s.
The original Hatf-2 Abdali was a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) with a reported range of 180-200 km. It was launched vertically via a single-rail launcher.
Not only is this new Abdali SSM much longer in range (reaching 450 km), but it leverages a dual-cell canisterized launch system similar to that of the newly inducted Fatah-series of SSMs.
In fact, in March 2024, the PA revealed that a Fatah-3 and a Fatah-4 were under development, with ranges of 450 km and 700 km, respectively. Considering the identical stated ranges and key design similarities between the new Abdali and Fatah-series, the new Abdali may be the Fatah-3.
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