Islamabad: Pakistan Wednesday successfully test-fired an intermediate
range nuclear-capable missile, less than a week after India tested a
5,000-km range missile that can reach deep inside China.
"Pakistan today successfully conducted the launch of intermediate range ballistic missile Hatf-4 Shaheen-1A weapons system," an army statement said Wednesday.
"The missile is an improved version of Shaheen-1 with improvements in range and technical parameters," the statement said.
The missile is capable of "carrying nuclear and conventional warheads", said the statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Pakistan carried out the test after India April 19 test-fired its long-range nuclear-capable Agni-V missile. With its launch from Wheeler Island off Odisha coast Thursday, India emerged as a major missile powerhouse of the world, having developed Agni-V almost entirely indigenously over the last four years.
Only the US, Russia, China, France and Britain have missiles in their arsenal that can hit targets 5,000 km and beyond.
"Pakistan today successfully conducted the launch of intermediate range ballistic missile Hatf-4 Shaheen-1A weapons system," an army statement said Wednesday.
"The missile is an improved version of Shaheen-1 with improvements in range and technical parameters," the statement said.
The missile is capable of "carrying nuclear and conventional warheads", said the statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Pakistan carried out the test after India April 19 test-fired its long-range nuclear-capable Agni-V missile. With its launch from Wheeler Island off Odisha coast Thursday, India emerged as a major missile powerhouse of the world, having developed Agni-V almost entirely indigenously over the last four years.
Only the US, Russia, China, France and Britain have missiles in their arsenal that can hit targets 5,000 km and beyond.
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