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[[File:Babur cruise missile 3.jpg|thumb|250px|right|{{small|The ''Babur'' in Pakistani military markings being showcased in Karachi in 2006.}}]]
Development on understanding and developing cruise missile technology began when India started its [[Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme|missile defense program]] in 1998. During the tense environment between [[Second Nawaz Sharif ministry|Sharif administration]], [[Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Vajpayee premiership]] and [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]], the development of cruise missile was started with India acquiring the [[S-300 missile system|S-300 ''Grumble'']] from [[Russia]] while attempting to negotiate with the United States to induct the [[MIM-104 Patriot|Patriot PAC-3]] to supplement its ''Grumble'' system— all of these development had adversely affected Pakistan's land-based deterrence mechanism.{{rp|388}}<ref name="Stanford University Press, Khan, 2012"/>
For Pakistan, it took years until [[2005 in Pakistan|2005]] to make its cruise missile program feasible when the first [[Babur (cruise missile)| ''Babur'']] (Pakistani military designation: ''Hatf-VII'') was test-fired by the army, amid surprising the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-17/pakistan/33901443_1_nuclear-capable-hatf-vii-terrain-contour | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918122437/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-17/pakistan/33901443_1_nuclear-capable-hatf-vii-terrain-contour | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-09-18 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable Babur missile with 700 km range}}</ref> In 2007, the Pakistan announced the development and test-firing of [[Ra'ad|''Ra'ad'']] (Pakistani military designation: ''Hatf-VIII''), which validates the air-launched capability of Pakistan's cruse missiles.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article3492864.ece | title=Pak test fires Hatf VII nuclear missile | date=5 June 2012 | ___location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu}}</ref>
In 2017, Pakistan conducted a successful launch of the ''Babur-III'' missile from an underwater mobile platform– a long desired and sought-after capability for the Navy that it effectively established Pakistan's [[second-strike capability]] from sea.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-missiles-idUSKBN14T1EL|title=Pakistan fires 'first submarine-launched nuclear-capable missile'|date=10 January 2017|access-date=26 July 2017|newspaper=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://arynews.tv/en/pakistan-test-fires-first-submarine-launched-cruise-missile-babur-3/|title=Pakistan test-fires first submarine cruise missile Babur-3|website=AryNews.tv|date=9 January 2017|access-date=26 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38563330|title=Pakistan 'launches first cruise missile from submarine'|work=BBC News|date=9 January 2017|access-date=26 July 2017}}</ref>
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