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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Pak test-fires nuclear capable Ghaznavi missile

Pakistan on Wednesday test-fired the short-range, nuclear-capable 'Ghaznavi' ballistic missile that can target northern and western Indian cities as the government vowed to ''retain a strong conventional and unconventional deterrence''.

A strategic missile group of the Pakistan Army conducted a successful training launch of the Ghaznavi or Hatf-III missile with a range of 290 km at the end of an annual field training exercise. The location of the firing was not disclosed by the military.

This was the third test of nuclear-capable missiles by Pakistan since late January.

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