Pakistan on Monday conducted a successful flight test of the indigenously developed Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) "Ra'ad", said the military.
A press release by the Pakistani military said that the Ra'ad missile, with a range of 350 km, enables Pakistan to achieve "strategic standoff capability" on land and at sea.
Director General of the Strategic Plans Division, Lieutenant General Zubair Mahmood Hayat congratulated the scientists and engineers on achieving yet another milestone of historic significance.
He termed it a major step towards strengthening Pakistan's full spectrum credible minimum deterrence capability.
President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Muhamamd Nawaz Sahrif also congratulated the scientists and engineers on their outstanding achievement.