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Pakistan tests self developed cruise missile Ra'ad

Pakistan on Monday conducted a successful flight test of the indigenously developed air launched cruise missile (ALCM), an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said.
The Ra'ad missile, with a range of 350 km, enables Pakistan to achieve "strategic standoff capability" on both land and sea, Dawn online reported.
Cruise technology is extremely complex and has been developed by only a few countries in the world, the statement said.
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