Unidentified, Space Shuttle Look-Alike Object Crashes In Pakistan

[Garuda]

@Marvin: the press reports it was a hatf ghauri missile that failed.

It was mentioned in a post above by Doc, and other media have taken up the story as well. See, e.g.:

http://defenceforumindia.com/pakista...ls-crashes-977

[Marvin]

@Marvin: the press reports it was a hatf ghauri missile that failed.

It was mentioned in a post above by Doc, and other media have taken up the story as well. See, e.g.:

http://defenceforumindia.com/pakista...ls-crashes-977

A missile would not have a "height" control... it would more likely be called an altitude control. On the other hand, the trajectory would be controlled by a guidance computer.





I saw the article making the claim it is a Hatf... but a Medium Range Ballistic Missile like the Hatf V does not resemble a “shuttle.” There are a number of missing “dots” in order to make connections on this crash and I do not always believe everything I see or read on the Net. The Hatf claim is a convenient way for the Pakistan government to lay claim to the debris and collect it. Only the "Chess Players" know for sure what game is really being played.

[ProblemChild]

Pakistan has a cruise missile the Hatf-8 Ra'ad. At a distance with nothing for scale it could resemble a space shuttle. It also would defo have a computer for terrain folllowing.

pakistan-successfully-test-fires-hatf-viii-cruise-missile-1338446033-4951.jpg

[Lee]

Thanks, Problemchild! That seems to like a likely candidate.

[Marvin]

Pakistan has a cruise missile the Hatf-8 Ra'ad. At a distance with nothing for scale it could resemble a space shuttle. It also would defo have a computer for terrain folllowing.

pakistan-successfully-test-fires-hatf-viii-cruise-missile-1338446033-4951.jpg

I was also looking at the Babur (Hatf VII) due to the paint scheme:




Verses the debris (on the left photo):



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babur_(cruise_missile)


But the truth may be it is a new (proto-type) missile being developed in Pakistan which went stray, or drone from outside of Pakistan. We'll just have to wait until more info comes out.