(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) Fatah-4 Missile

(OCTOBER-2025)

Pakistan recently announced the successful test of its new long-range cruise missile, Fatah-IV.

It is Pakistan’s indigenously developed long-range cruise missile.
It has a range of 750 kilometers (470 miles) and is equipped with advanced avionics and modern navigation systems.
It can reach speeds of Mach 0.7 (865 kmph) during flight.
Weighing around 1,530 kilos, the missile is around 7.5 metres in length.
The missile can be fired from transporter-erector-launcher (TEL) vehicles.
It uses solid-propellant propulsion, which allows it to be readied for launch and fired quickly.
It can carry a warhead weighing around 330 kilos. It is made to carry conventional munitions and not nuclear warheads.
The missile is guided by a navigation suite comprising a Global Positioning System (GPS) and an Inertial Navigating System (INS).
The most significant feature of the Fatah-4 missile is its Circular Error Probability (CEP).
The Fatah-4 can hit its target with an error of just 4 meters, which is considered very low for Pakistani missiles.
It is capable of evading enemy air defences through terrain-hugging flight.