Pakistan’s indigenously -developed armed drone ‘Burraq’ has turned the tide against the militants.
The remotely-piloted aircraft ‘Burraq’ and laser-guided missile ‘Burq’ were tested on March 14, taking Pakistan a step closer to acquiring the technology it has long demanded from the United States.
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‘Burraq’ was publicly showcased it had been tested in live combat against militants in the Tirah Valley.
Pakistan military claimed that senior militant commanders, including those from Mangal Bagh’s Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI) and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), were killed in Pakistani “Buraq” drone strikes.
Apart from its pure military usage, Burraq also has valuable reconnaissance importance and Tirah has been a testing ground for it
Buraq has a very key importance for Pakistan war against militants as most of the militants have built bunkers in the mountains covered by a wall which initially made it difficult for us to target.
In the past Pakistan Army monitored their movements and their hideouts destroyed with the help of laser-guided missiles.
The first Buraq drone attacked was carried on March 18, a gathering of militants was targeted in a border village in Tirah which led rumors that TTP chief Mullah Fazlullah was also among those killed in the strike. However, Fazlullah’s death was not confirmed, while the TTP denied the media report as propaganda.
