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Pakistan demonstrates first ‘indigenous’ UCAS capability

2nd April 2015 - 01:28 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Hong Kong

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The Pakistan Army declared in MArch that it had successfully conducted its first missile firing from an indigenous UCAS, a Burraq platform built by the National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM).

In a demonstration watched by VIPs, the UCAS launched a Barq laser-guided missile. Maj Gen Asim Bajwa, director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) agency, tweeted that the missile fired against both static and moving targets did so with ‘impressive pinpoint accuracy’. Analysis of released video footage suggests at least three firings have taken place to date.

The Burraq entered service in November 2013, the same time as

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Gordon Arthur was the Asia Pacific editor for Shephard Media. Born in Scotland and educated …

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