Ahead of the new year, a disturbance arose within an Indian military consortium in response to Pakistan’s successful test of the Fatah-II MLRS. The consortium had been boasting about a non-existent Pinaka and discussing DRDO’s plans. However, a reminder that Delhi is now within our range led to retired high-ranking officials hurling insults at me. Indians so shocked, also asserted that our test had failed, stating that the Fatah-II rocket had landed in a civilian area.
Considering the scenario in the Ukrainian War, the deployment of Fatah-II could hold significant importance. The Ukrainian conflict has demonstrated the effectiveness of long-range precision weapons, with Ukrainians successfully holding off Russians by targeting high-value assets like S-300 and S-400 air defense systems, naval ships, and ammunition depots using the US-supplied HI-MAR system. This system, equipped with an advanced guidance system, is a guided artillery rocket system.
