Pak Air Force successfully conducts flight test of indigenously developed Taimoor missile

Pakistan Air Force has successfully conducted a formation trial of the indigenously developed Taimoor Weapon System, susceptible of hitting targets astatine 600 kilometres, it was announced connected Saturday (January 3, 2026).

This motorboat marks different important milestone successful the advancement of nationalist aerospace and defence capabilities, the service said successful a connection issued successful Rawalpindi.

“Taimoor Air-Launched Cruise Missile is susceptible of engaging force onshore and oversea targets with precocious precision astatine a scope of 600 kilometers, carrying a accepted warhead,” it added.

Equipped with a State-of-the-art navigation and guidance system, Taimoor is designed to alert astatine precise debased altitudes, enabling it to efficaciously evade hostile aerial and rocket defence systems.

Its precision-strike capableness importantly enhances the accepted deterrence and operational flexibility of the Pakistan Air Force, further strengthening the country’s wide defence posture.

“The palmy formation trial underscores the method maturity, innovation, and self-reliance achieved by Pakistan’s defence industry,” the service said.

It said that the motorboat was witnessed by elder officers of the Pakistan Armed Forces, on with distinguished scientists and engineers, who played a pivotal relation successful the improvement of this precocious limb system.

Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu heartily congratulated the scientists, engineers, and the full PAF squad connected the achievement.

Mr. Sidhu “lauded their nonrecreational excellence, dedication and unwavering committedness to strengthening Pakistan’s defence capabilities.”