23 Apr , 2015
The Pakistan Taliban claim that they have developed and successfully test-fired a missile christened ‘Omar-1’. According to the TTP spokesperson in the video showing the assembly and launch of the missile, the Omar-1 can be easily assembled and dissembled in accordance to the situation, and that the engineering unit of the TTP has the capability to develop modern lethal weapons.
He also said that TTP fighters were optimizing use of technology including suicide vests, suicide vehicles, hand grenades, anti-jammer devices and the like. Though the range and efficacy of the missile are still question marks, the interesting part is the timing of the launch not only in synch with the grand announcement of the US$ 46 billion Chinese investment in Pakistan and the massive China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, but also in aftermath of the news of TTP Chief Mullah Fazlullah having been purportedly killed in an airstrike and perceptions being built that his counterpart in Afghan Taliban, Mullah Omar was becoming irrelevant.
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