Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir has said the Armed Forces of Pakistan are modernizing their systems in line with country's requirements to respond to any threat emanating against Pakistan.

He said this while interacting with the officers and troops at the occasion of witnessing firing of different air defence weapon systems during Exercise Al-Bayza-III, 2024 at Sonmiani today.

The Army Chief viewed integrated fire and battle maneuvers of Army Air Defence systems which includes High to Medium Air Defence Weapons System (HIMADS), Low to Medium Air Defence System, Short Range Air Defence system and Extended Short Range Air Defence system.

In a landmark achievement and milestone in enhancing the Air Defence of the aerial frontiers of Pakistan, HIMAD system in maiden fire was able to successfully engage the target at maximum ranges along with other layered weapon systems which were tested during the exercise.

General Syed Asim Munir highly appreciated the remarkable achievement of engaging targets with precision and operational readiness of Corps of Army Air Defence.

Corps Commander Karachi, Commander Army Air Defence, Inspector General Training & Evaluation and Inspector General Arms also witnessed the exercise.

Earlier, the Army Chief visited Army Air Defence Center.

He laid floral wreath at Yadgar e Shuhada and paid homage to martyrs of Armed Forces.

The Army Chief also installed Lieutenant General Muhammad Zafar Iqbal as Colonel Commandant of the Army Air Defence Corps.