{"id":66146,"date":"2025-10-02T11:10:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T05:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=66146"},"modified":"2025-10-03T16:33:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T11:03:57","slug":"fatah-4-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/fatah-4-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatah-4 Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Fatah-4 Missile Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pakistan recently announced the successful test of its new long-range cruise missile, Fatah-IV.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Fatah-4 Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>Pakistan\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">indigenously developed <\/span><b>long-range cruise missile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>range <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><b>750 kilometers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (470 miles) and is equipped with <\/span><b>advanced avionics and modern navigation systems.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can reach speeds of Mach 0.7 (865 kmph) during flight.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weighing around 1,530 kilos, the missile is around 7.5 metres in length.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile can be <\/span><b>fired from transporter-erector-launcher (TEL) vehicles.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It uses <\/span><b>solid-propellant propulsion,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which allows it to be readied for <\/span><b>launch and fired quickly.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can carry a warhead weighing around 330 kilos. It is made to <\/span><b>carry conventional munitions and not nuclear warheads.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile is guided by a <\/span><b>navigation suite comprising global positioning system (GPS) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and an <\/span><b>inertial navigating system (INS).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is said to<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">use electronic countermeasures and AI to lock on to targets in difficult environments.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most significant feature of the Fatah-4 missile is its<\/span><b> circular error probability (CEP).\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fatah-4 can<\/span><b> hit its target with an error of just 4 meters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is considered <\/span><b>very low for Pakistani missiles.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">It is capable of <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">evading enemy air defences through terrain-hugging flight<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/india\/fatah-iv-missile-test-has-pakistan-developed-its-own-brahmos-capable-of-beating-the-s-400-ws-dl-9607469.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">N18<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatah-4 Missile is Pakistan\u2019s indigenously developed long-range cruise missile. 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