GIDS Promotes SMASH Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile for Export Plus Pro

Pakistan’s Global Industrial and Defence Solutions (GIDS) formally unveiled theSMASH – designated as a “Hypersonic Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile” (ASBM) – at the2026 World Defense Show, which recently concluded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The SMASH is being marketed as a dual-role guided munition for anti-ship and land-attack missions, drawing on the land-based 600 mm Fatah-2 guided rocket system inducted by the Pakistan Army.

The SMASH features a terminal-stage active radar-homing (ARH) seeker, tightened accuracy, and structural changes suited for shipboard launch.

Specifications of the SMASH

According to GIDS’ official product sheet, the SMASH has two distinct configurations.

In anti-ship mode, the missile carries a 384 kg unitary blast and blast fragmentation warhead, and achieves a circular error probable (CEP) of within 10 m.

Its guidance suite combines an ‘HDGNSS’-assisted internal navigation system (INS) with a terminal-stage active radar-homing (ARH) seeker. The ‘HDGNSS’ may refer to a ‘high-definition’ global navigation satellite system, which, in turn, could be a reflection of China’s BeiDou with a Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS).

The land-attack configuration, in contrast, has a heavier warhead at 444 kg, but lacks the terminal-stage seeker. Instead, the land-attack configuration uses only HDGNSS with INS and provides a looser accuracy of within 15 m.

Both SMASH variants use a single-stage “dual-thrust” solid rocket motor and achieve terminal speeds exceeding Mach 2.

GIDS lists the SMASH’s range at 290 km – i.e., the same ceiling applied to the export variant of the Fatah-2. However, these limits were applied to comply with the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR); the domestic-use SMASH has a stated range of 350 km, while the domestic-use Fatah-2 offers a range of 400 km.