Fatah-4 Missile Latest News
Pakistan recently announced the successful test of its new long-range cruise missile, Fatah-IV.
About Fatah-4 Missile
- It is Pakistan’s indigenously developed long-range cruise missile.
- It has a range of 750 kilometers (470 miles) and is equipped with advanced avionics and modern navigation systems.
- It can reach speeds of Mach 0.7 (865 kmph) during flight.
- Weighing around 1,530 kilos, the missile is around 7.5 metres in length.
- The missile can be fired from transporter-erector-launcher (TEL) vehicles.Â
- It uses solid-propellant propulsion, which allows it to be readied for launch and fired quickly.
- It can carry a warhead weighing around 330 kilos. It is made to carry conventional munitions and not nuclear warheads.
- The missile is guided by a navigation suite comprising global positioning system (GPS) and an inertial navigating system (INS).
- It is said to use electronic countermeasures and AI to lock on to targets in difficult environments.Â
- The most significant feature of the Fatah-4 missile is its circular error probability (CEP).Â
- The Fatah-4 can hit its target with an error of just 4 meters, which is considered very low for Pakistani missiles.
- It is capable of evading enemy air defences through terrain-hugging flight.
Source: N18
Fatah-4 Missile FAQs
Q1: The Fatah-4 missile, recently in the news, belongs to which country?
Ans: Pakistan
Q2: What is the range of the Fatah-4 missile?
Ans: It has a range of 750 kilometers (470 miles).
Q3: What type of propulsion system does the Fatah-4 missile use?
Ans: It uses solid-propellant propulsion.
