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Pakistan tests longer-range variant of Fatah-4 cruise missile
Pakistan test-launched an extended-range variant of its domestically developed Fatah-4 ground-launched cruise missile on October 6, according to the military's Inter-Services Public Relations statement. The missile incorporates updated avionics and navigation equipment intended to improve accuracy and survivability while engaging targets at longer distances. Military officials said the firing validated additional technical parameters of several subsystems, making the event a development and verification test rather than an operational launch. The announcement did not give a numerical range, payload, production quantity or deployment timetable for the new variant.