ISLAMABAD – Pakistan army has acquired latest drone technology to monitor China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Sui gas pipeline, sensitive installations, bridges, dams and borders.
“UQAB”, second drone prepared by a private company Global Industrial & Defence Solutions (GIDS) Pakistan has flight capacity of 15 hours, it can carry missile with a weight of 1000 kilogram, ammunition and can hit the target.
“It can be flown in the limit of 250 kilometres with remote control and its range can be minimized after connecting through satellite,” reported Online news agency on Sunday.
Through this technology, surveillance of the whole world could be done while sitting in Pakistan.It has some unique features also and expenditures incurred on its preparation are far less than the drones prepared by other countries.
UQAB could be used to carry out scientific and climatic analysis besides surveillance program and destroying enemy’s hideouts.
According to sources of a company, the drone would soon be presented in the market for sale as 15 including some European countries submitted an application showing interest in the purchase of Pakistani drone.-Online