Pakistan Successfully Tests Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile

Pakistan today successfully tested its Hatf 4 nuclear-capable ballistic missile, also called the Shaheen 1, according to Agence France-Presse (see GSN, Oct. 3).

“We have successfully test fired the Shaheen 1,” Pakistani military spokesman Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan said.

The Shaheen 1 surface-to-surface missile has a range of 700 kilometers, according to AFP. The missile was tested at a secret location, Sultan said.

“The test is part of the ongoing series of tests of Pakistan’s indigenous missile systems,” a military press statement said. “All technical parameters required to be tested were successfully validated,” it added.

Pakistan notified neighboring countries, including India, to the test before it was conducted in “a spirit of confidence building,” the military said (Rana Jawad, Agence France-Presse/Yahoo!News, Oct. 8).

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