Pakistan Army Rocket Force Command has successfully test-fired the Fatah-IV, a domestically developed ground-launched cruise missile, the Inter-Services Public Relations directorate confirmed.
The missile is equipped with advanced avionics and state-of-the-art navigational aids, and is capable of engaging long-range targets with high precision, according to the ISPR statement.
The test was carried out to enhance operational efficiency of troops and to validate technical parameters of various sub-systems incorporated for improved accuracy and survivability.
Senior officers from the Army Rocket Force Command were present at the test site, alongside scientists and engineers from the agency responsible for developing the missile system.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif commended the successful training fire and acknowledged the technical prowess of all personnel who contributed to the launch.
Field Marshal Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff, along with the chiefs of the Navy and Air Force, also praised the dedication shown by teams behind this successful test.
This latest test comes fewer than three weeks after the Army Rocket Force Command successfully conducted a training launch of the indigenously developed Fateh-II missile system.
In September 2025, Pakistan had previously conducted a successful training launch of the same Fatah-IV cruise missile, demonstrating a validated operational range of 750 kilometres.
Fatah-3 Supersonic Cruise Missile
Last week, Pakistan unveiled the Fatah-3, a road-mobile supersonic cruise missile that gives the country its first fielded system capable of striking targets at supersonic speeds.
The missile travels at speeds between Mach 3 and Mach 4 and can strike targets between 290 and 450 kilometres away, carrying a warhead weighing 240 to 400 kilograms.
It is worth noting that Mach 3 means a missile travels three times the speed of sound, while Mach 4 means it moves four times faster than sound.
It is mounted on a road-mobile twin-canister launcher, allowing it to reposition rapidly before and after a strike to reduce its vulnerability to enemy targeting.
Defence analysts have identified the Fatah-3 as a locally developed derivative of HD-1 missile of China, produced by Chinese manufacturer Guangdong Hongda for export markets.
