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Monday, March 05, 2012

Pakistan test fires short-range ballistic missile


Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Monday it the military successfully test fired a short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying atomic warheads.

The Hatf II (Abdali) has a range of 180 kilometres and carries nuclear as well as conventional warheads with “high accuracy”, the military said in a statement.

“It provides an operational level capability to Pakistan’s strategic forces, additional to the strategic and tactical level capability which Pakistan already possesses,” the statement said.

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