Syed Khalid Muhammad, Executive Director – CommandEleven, spoke with Kunwar Khuldune Shahid about drone technology and developments in Pakistan for a Newsline magazine article.
“A good deal of the design concept and tech is taken from the ‘Predator’ and the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, ‘Rainbow.’ The drone technology was tested during Khyber-1 very quietly.”
And what about Burraq’s accuracy?
“Dead on!” Muhammad exclaims. “We aren’t at the same distances yet, but I believe with the 4th or 5th iteration, we’ll have a significantly better piece of military hardware.”
“It’s not as advanced technologically as the Predator drones,” he adds, “but it gives us all the same abilities without the stigma of US/CIA drone strikes in our tribal areas.”
