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Fatha-2

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: May 2025- Pakistan’s new Fatah-II guided rocket system significantly enhances its long-range precision-strike capability. With a fast, low-altitude “kryptonite” flight profile, heavy 365-kg warhead, and terminal guidance, it sharply reduces interception windows and threatens India’s rear-area infrastructure. Lessons from Ukraine, Gaza, and Nagorno-Karabakh show how such guided rockets can overwhelm outdated air defence and demand layered sensors, integrated air-defence networks, and strong EW support. India has begun upgrading radars, SAM tiers, and EW suites to counter this threat. Ultimately, Fatah-II signals a regional shift: battlefield rocket artillery is becoming precise, fast, and hard to stop, forcing both India and Pakistan to rethink doctrine, defence, and escalation dynamics.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17814471

Author: Sharma, Amit

Institution: Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology

Language: English

Topic: Military Technology and Strategies

Subfield: Aerospace Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7108697976

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