Didn't know that, saw Korda posting this thought this was new
JF-17/FC-1 Fighter Aircraft thread
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Is this a licensed Taurus, or is it indigenous?
In fact that image is from March 2023
How could it be a licensed Taurus?? It's totally different!!
My suspicion was Raad-1 or -2.
The FAS article says likely Raad-1, possibly -2, but not Taimoor.
The FAS title is a bit perplexing. Mirage was the nuclear delivery platform for PAF, and it is being replaced by JF-17 which should logically indicate that JF-17 will have nuclear delivery capabilities.
Taimoor ALCM is a 100% home grown Pakistani cruise missile - no lineage with anything else and is the result of iterative devlopment from the original Ra'ad series. Cruise missiles are a strategic objective for Pakistan to have full homegrown control over.
Its Ra'ad 1 (twin tail) ....
Ra'ad1 - twin tail (550km)
Ra'ad2 - X Shaped tail design (650km)
Taimor - It's the export version (290km)
