Pakistan test-fires ballistic missile

AFP, ISLAMABAD: Pakistan test-fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile on Friday, the military said, two days after the government confirmed it would resume high-level peace talks with arch-rival India.
The test is the latest in a series carried out by India and Pakistan since both demonstrated nuclear weapons capability in 1998.
The military said it had fired a Shaheen III surface-to-surface ballistic missile which can carry nuclear and conventional warheads within a range of 2,750 kilometres (1,700 miles).
“The successful flight test with its impact point in the Arabian Sea, validating all the desired parameters ... was aimed at validating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system,” the military said in a statement.
The head of the Strategic Plans Division, Lieutenant General Mazhar Jamil, congratulated scientists and engineers involved on achieving a “significant
milestone” which complemented the country’s existing deterrence capability, it said.

 

Pakistan test-fires ballistic missile

AFP, ISLAMABAD: Pakistan test-fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile on Friday, the military said, two days after the government confirmed it would resume high-level peace talks with arch-rival India. The test is the latest in a series carried out by India and Pakistan since both demonstrated nuclear weapons capability in 1998. The military said it had fired a Shaheen III surface-to-surface ballistic missile which can carry nuclear and conventional warheads within a range of 2,750 kilometres (1,700 miles). The successful flight test with its impact point in the Arabian Sea, validating all the desired parameters ... was aimed at validating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system, the military said in a statement. The head of the Strategic Plans Division, Lieutenant General Mazhar Jamil, congratulated scientists and engineers involved on achieving a significant milestone which complemented the countrys existing deterrence capability, it said.