Pakistan Navy conducts test firing of new ship-launched ballistic missile

The test firing was conducted using one of the navy's Zulfiquar-class guided-missile frigates on Tuesday, November 25.

SMASH is still under development for local use as opposed to export. Analysts say the missile has a stated range of 350 kilometres and will be used for anti-access and area-denial, though details on its dimensions have not yet been made publicly available.

SMASH is the second operational anti-ship missile to be fielded by the Pakistan Navy after the Chinese-developed CM-302 supersonic cruise missile, which was acquired concurrently with the Tughril-class frigates.