Pakistan on Thursday successfully test-fired the indigenously developed “Fatah-4” ground-launched cruise missile, marking a major advancement in the country’s conventional precision-strike capabilities.
The missile, officially unveiled by the Pakistan Army in August 2025, has a reported range of 750 kilometers and is designed to carry out deep-strike operations with high accuracy.
Military officials said the system is capable of low-altitude, terrain-hugging flight, enabling it to evade enemy radar and missile defence systems.
According to reported specifications, the Fatah-4 uses advanced INS/GPS navigation combined with Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation (DSMAC) technology to achieve a Circular Error Probability (CEP) of around five metres. The missile can carry a 330-kilogram conventional blast-fragmentation warhead.
The subsonic cruise missile is approximately 7.5 meters long and travels at nearly Mach 0.7 speed. Defence analysts say the weapon is intended to strengthen Pakistan’s conventional deterrence posture by enhancing the Army Rocket Force Command’s ability to conduct precision strikes against strategic targets.
Officials described the successful test as a demonstration of Pakistan’s growing indigenous defence production capabilities and technological progress in modern missile systems.
