Pakistan has completed live firing exercise of a missile from the indigenously built JF-17 Thunder fighter jet at Sonmiani Firing Range and shot down a slow speed target with BVR (Beyond Visual Range) and IR (Infrared) air-to-air missile with pinpoint accuracy at the range near Karachi, the Pakistan Air Force said on Friday.

The JF-17 aircraft was inducted into the Pakistani Air Force in 2007 and its five squadrons have been raised so far. The live demonstration was a potent display of the PAF’s capability to successfully locate and destroy high/slow speed moving targets by employing high-tech inventory of aircraft and missiles.