Taimur

Pakistan’s “Taimur” Air-Launched Cruise Missile: A New Era in Airpower and Deterrence

Pakistan’s defense landscape has seen a significant evolution with the introduction of the “Taimur” Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM)—a weapon that underscores the country’s growing ambitions in precision-strike capabilities. First revealed in 2022, the Taimur missile is an advanced derivative of the RAAD-II...