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.
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Developed by Pakistan’s National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM) and marketed by Global Industrial and Defence Solution (GIDS), the Fatah-series is a family of conventional SSMs available for both domestic use and export to foreign markets.
The Fatah-1 is a Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) introduced in 2021. It offers a range of 70-140 km and is fired via two quad-cell launch canisters. It was developed as part of an initiative to develop new guided artillery rockets for the PA which, up to that point, had used a mix of domestically-built unguided Yarmouk 122 mm rockets and Chinese-supplied guided-A100s.
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