The news was shared by DG ISPR General Asim Bajwa from his official Twitter account.
1st ever use of Pak made Burraq Drone today. Hit a terrorist compound in Shawal Valley killing 3 high profile terrorists.Details follow
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) September 7, 2015
Pakistan had carried out a successful test strike in March with the indigenous armed drone. Chief Of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif had commended engineers and scientists for untiring efforts to acquire state-of-the-art technology that will put Pakistan in a different league altogether. He had termed it a great national achievement and called it a momentous occasion.
#COAS commends Engrs,scientists for untiring efforts to acquire state of art tech,put Pak in different league-3/5 pic.twitter.com/qdNgmRKs5b
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) March 13, 2015
#COAS congrats nation,scientist,tech,involved in dev own drone.Lets join hands to take Pak frwd in respective field-5 pic.twitter.com/xWH7nUNdiz
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) March 13, 2015
Burraq’s successful strike could spell doom for Pakistan’s insurgents and militants, whose hideouts could be easily targeted and effectively reduced to rubble, with the lethal drone.
