Pakistan Air Force reveals new loitering munitions and a cruise missile in a video

The Pakistan Air Force released a promotional video on 8 November revealing the development and induction of new loitering munitions, cruise missiles and a modular drone weapon, the Pakistani defence outlet Quwa reported.

The munitions include an improved version of the YIHA-III, or a variant of Baykar's Sivrisinek, the Lightning-1 and Lightning-2, the Arrow-1 cruise missile or decoy, and an unnamed jet-powered decoy or munition similar in design to Turkey's Simsek series.

Quwa said the unnamed munition differs enough from the Simsek family to likely be an original smart decoy drone that could double as a munition.

Taken together, the inductions indicate the PAF is adopting a drone-led warfighting posture it likely terms manned-unmanned teaming, the outlet said.