🇵🇰 LAHAB-20 & LAHAB-40 Indigenous Micro Turbojets:

— These engines represent Pakistan’s transition from a buyer to a builder of "the heart of the machine." Developed by AvRID and PAC through local reverse engineering, they provide the kinetic backbone for a new generation of precision strike assets.

🔹 Type: Single-spool, expendable micro turbojets.

🔹 Performance:

— LAHAB-20: ~200N (20 kgf) thrust; optimized for loitering munitions and small ALCMs.

— LAHAB-40: ~400N (40 kgf) thrust; capable of powering heavier airframes at speeds of Mach 0.5 – 0.7.

🔹 Key Platforms: Powers the KaGem V3 smart cruise missile and emerging loitering munitions like the Shahpar III ecosystem.

🔹 Strategic Value:

— High-Volume, Low-Cost: Estimated production cost of $4k–$5k, enabling the mass deployment of "attritable" (expendable) swarms.

— Cross-Domain Utility: Adaptable for Ground-Launched Cruise Missiles (Fatah-V concept), Air-Launched standoff weapons, and small naval strike platforms.

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