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- Dec 17, 2014
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At the very least the babur’s RCS should be reduced to that of the LRASM.Hypersonic gliders for Pakistan maybe is far away, plus the costs would be extremely high. The BMs have to be very sophisticated to be accurate enough to hit an installation. Pakistani BMs like those Shaheens are majorly for strategic purposes / WMDs. These can't be accurate enough to hit particular installations with conventional payload. I don't think there's enough finances to make a submarine launched BM with high precision. However, can improve on what's already available that's Babur CM. Just increase the range and we are good.
IMO, sub-sonic cruise missiles (land attack ) are still very practical & relevant in indo-pak scenario. However subsonic anti-ship missile is outdated, as its target is a modern warship that's a concentrated piece of advance AD. But when in land attack mode, you know ground installations can't be all jacked up with layers of defenses (maybe only few nuclear sites ). I still believe land attack cruise missiles like babur can be unstoppable for india if fired from unexpected location (vast ocean) . Currently indian AD may want to shoot anything that pass over the LOC but i really doubt that india has any capabilities to intercept the projectiles over its southern regions. Even the LOC is quite large enough that cruise missiles will pass through. Israel is actually very very small in comparison to India. Its easier for Israel to create dense AD layers due to smaller airspace to cover.
However, yes If ever Pakistan's economy recovers then for sure, Pakistan should start such hypersonic / submarine launched / long range missile programs.