{"id":65635,"date":"2023-10-21T14:47:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T14:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/21\/pakistan-test-fires-ababeel-nuclear-missile\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:01:34","slug":"pakistan-test-fires-ababeel-nuclear-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/asia-pacific\/2023\/10\/21\/pakistan-test-fires-ababeel-nuclear-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan test-fires Ababeel nuclear missile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISLAMABAD \u2014 Pakistan has test-fired an Ababeel missile capable of carrying multiple warheads that can attack different targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan last tested the multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles-capable weapon on Jan. 24, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military\u2019s media branch, Inter Services Public Relations Pakistan, stated Wednesday\u2019s test was meant to revalidate \u201cvarious design, technical parameters, and performance evaluation of different sub-systems\u201d and was \u201caimed at strengthening deterrence and enhancing strategic stability in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Strategic Plans Division, which handles Pakistan\u2019s nuclear deterrent, did not respond to Defense News\u2019 request for information about the latest test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2017, the public relations organization stated the Ababeel had a 2,200-kilometer (1,367-mile) range and was developed to ensure the \u201csurvivability of Pakistan\u2019s ballistic missiles\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2022\/01\/16\/can-pakistan-counter-indias-new-s-400-air-defense-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">a region in which state actors are bolstering countermeasures<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An expert on Pakistan\u2019s nuclear program, Mansoor Ahmed, said the long time between tests was likely due to efforts to improve \u201ctechnical and performance parameters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahmed, now in academia at the Australian National University, told Defense News that the Ababeel missile is the \u201cmost important engineering milestone for Pakistan\u2019s nuclear triad in almost two decades and a major breakthrough in improving the survivability of land-based strategic forces against a preemptive Indian counterforce strike.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Pakistan Army officer Naeem Salik, who served with the Strategic Plans Division and is now executive director at the Islamabad-based Strategic Vision Institute think tank, said the Ababeel \u201cenhances Pakistan\u2019s targeting choices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAbabeel gives the advantage of engaging several targets at a time, with each delivery vector providing a cost-effective solution while complicating the job of India\u2019s [ballistic missile defense],\u201d he told Defense News. \u201cIn this context, it also fits well into [full-spectrum deterrence] by affording the ability to hit from amongst a wide variety of targets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Atia Ali Kazmi, a research director at the Islamabad-based Center for International Strategic Studies think tank, said the nuclear imbalance between India and Pakistan is pronounced, citing the expansion and technological leaps in India\u2019s missile programs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nti.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/india_missile_3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">over the last two decades<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s the Ababeel, she told Defense News, that maintains deterrence vis-\u00e0-vis India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan last tested the weapon on 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