Russia uses them every day to hit targets 1000km deep into Ukraine
The Turkish YIHA proved to be quite useless & its understandable as its not a proper kamikaze drone, its slow & very lackluster.
Shahed-238 is jet powered with 500km/hr speed and 1000km range with EO sensor (allows precise targeting and recording of strikes / BDA)
Pakistan could probably mass produce local copies of these to be fair, I don't see them going to Iran unless emergency shipment is needed. The tech behind it exists within their borders.
Pakistan has jet powered drones with 1000km range and EO sensors? Show me.
Am not sure why Pakistan has been reluctant to tap into Iranian drones it’s certainly not USA fear but rather self pride of the stuck up generals at the top.
tbf Iran has more knowledge in terms of drone development than Pakistan especially Kamikaze drones we should suck up our self provide & establish a ToT line in Pakistan.
Western-worshipping Pakistani elite...and frankly awam also is scared of sanctions and loss of access to the West. They also don't want to get on the wrong side of the mighty Zionist lobby in Washington.
Am sure we can manage pressure for a couple of drones ngl if we can’t do that either we dont have the balls or we just down right retarded.
I would assume it will be due to its speed/Ballistic trajectory ? Also I wonder if a Fatah Missile is cheaper compared to Babur/Raad , and like @Oscar mentioned each system has a Message of its own, due to Raad/Babur been displayed as Nuclear warhead with conventional capability, I think it was a good decision to used Fatah, I would also assume that Pakistan wanted to see where this conflict will go, if shit hits the Fan than Baburs/Raad and shaheen would come out.
The only times we have defied the US is on the nuke/missile program. Beyond that Pakistani elite has swallowed whatever insult/contempt/demands the West/GCC Arabs have shoved down our throat. West/GCC knows the elite class has simply been using Pakistan for resource extraction and then buying assets in Gulf/West and arranging immigration for their families. They have Pakistan by the balls and India was counting on that as well in its recent attacks.
Israel was not only protected by its own AD, but there was a significant numbers of American AD assets in the region, and not to mention the RAF and our Arab (Traitors) who were mostly like shooting/tracking Iranian drones/BM, and yet we have many many hits confirm inside Israeli's target, I think overall Pakistan AD did a good job, is there room for improvement ? Hell yeah... but we need to give credit where its due.
To afford that you need a economy which can get us that, right now we are surviving on loans, and bail outs, Terrorism is rampant in the country thanks to Indian sponsored BLA/TTP, I'd say find a way to make temp peace with India for 4-5 years, and in that time completely wipe out TTP/BLA and build a robust economy. Indians will come again for us, sooner or later but they will be itching for another round soon enough.
