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BCruise & anti-ship missiles
Air-launched anti-ship and land-attack cruise missile
At a glance
Babur (cruise missile)larger figure on 3 of 3
Joint Strike Missilelarger figure on 0 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
stowed
Single source480 mm (1 ft 7 in) stowed[source]
Maximum; Maximum firing range
Single sourceOperational; Babur-I
Single sourceOperational; Babur-IA
Single sourceOperational; Babur-IB
Single sourceOperational; Babur-II
Single sourceOperational; Babur-III
Single sourceOperational; Harbah
Single sourceOperational; Harbah export variant
Single source900 km (560 mi)[source]
Babur-I: 700 km (430 mi) Babur-IA: 450 km Babur-II: 750 km (470 mi) Babur-III: 450 km (280 mi; 240 nmi) Harbah: 700 km (430 mi; 380 nmi) Babur-IB: 900 km (560 mi) Harbah export variant: 290 km (180 mi; 160 nmi)[source]
Operational; hi‐hi‐lo >
Single sourceOperational; lo‐lo‐lo
Single sourceOperational; Operational range
Single source555 km (345 mi; 300 nmi) hi‐hi‐lo >350 km (220 mi; 190 nmi) 185 km (115 mi; 100 nmi) lo‐lo‐lo[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Configuration
| Specification | Babur (cruise missile) | Joint Strike Missile |
|---|---|---|
| Type | GLCM / SLCM / AshM[source] | Air-launched anti-ship and land-attack cruise missile[source] |
| In service | 2010 –Present[source] | — |
| Used by | Pakistan Army ( Army Strategic Forces ) Pakistan Navy ( Navy Strategic Forces )[source] | — |
| Designer | National Defence Complex[source] | Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace Raytheon Missiles & Defense[source] |
| Designed | 1998–2008 (GLCM) 2001–2018 (SLCM)[source] | From 2008 until mid-2018[source] |
| Manufacturer | National Defence Complex[source] | Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace Raytheon Missiles & Defense[source] |
| Developed from | BGM-109 Tomahawk[source] | Naval Strike Missile[source] |
| Variants | See variants[source] | — |
| Warhead | HE / NE[source] | Blast-fragmentation[source] |
| Blast yield | 5 kilotons of TNT (21 TJ) – 12 kilotons of TNT (50 TJ)[source] | 100 kg (220 lb) TNT equivalent[source] |
| Engine | Turbojet[source] | Williams International F‐415 small turbofan[source] |
| Transmission | Automatic[source] | — |
| Suspension | WS2500 10WD[source] | — |
| Propellant | Liquid-propellant (jet engine) Solid-propellant (booster)[source] | — |
| Flight altitude | Terrain-following[source] | — |
| Guidance system | INS , TERCOM / DSMAC , GPS , GLONASS , Terminal ,[source] | GPS , INS , TERCOM , Imaging Infrared (IIR) capable of Autonomous Target Recognition (ATR), Passive RF homing capabilities for attacking radar-emitting threats, Two-way datalink[source] |
| Accuracy | 20 m (66 ft) CEP[source] | CEP 1 m (3 ft 3 in)[source] |
| Launch platform | Transporter erector launcher Cruise-missile submarine[source] | Fighters: F-15E , F-16 , F/A-18E/F , F-35A and F-35C (internally) Planned: Fighters: Eurofighter Typhoon Drones: GA-ASI MQ-9B SkyGuardian Submarines: Type 212CD class , S-80 Plus class , Orka class[source] |
| Transport | TEL , Horizontal launch tube (HLT)[source] | — |
| Country of origin | Pakistan[source] | — |
| Place of origin | — | Norway United States[source] |
| Produced | — | 2021[source] |
| Detonation mechanism | — | Time delay, impact[source] |
| References | — | Janes[source] |