Missile technology: Pakistan tests nuclear-capable Hatf IX
Pakistan successfully test fired a short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile.
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan on Tuesday successfully test fired a short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile. Hatf IX has a range of 60 kilometres and can carry conventional warheads, the military said.
“This quick response system addresses the need to deter evolving threats, especially at shorter ranges,” it added in a statement.
Director General of Strategic Plans Division Lt Gen (retd) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai termed the missile as a weapon of peace, saying that the test was a major development which would consolidate Pakistan’s deterrence capability at all levels of the threat spectrum, thereby ensuring peace in the region.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 30th, 2012.
Pakistan on Tuesday successfully test fired a short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile. Hatf IX has a range of 60 kilometres and can carry conventional warheads, the military said.
“This quick response system addresses the need to deter evolving threats, especially at shorter ranges,” it added in a statement.
Director General of Strategic Plans Division Lt Gen (retd) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai termed the missile as a weapon of peace, saying that the test was a major development which would consolidate Pakistan’s deterrence capability at all levels of the threat spectrum, thereby ensuring peace in the region.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 30th, 2012.