Pakistan test-fires Hatf IV missile
Missile capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 900km.
This handout photograph released by Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) office, shows a nuclear capable Hatf III, (Ghaznavi) short range ballistic missile launched from an undisclosed location in Pakistan on May 10, 2012. PHOTO: AFP
RAWALPINDI:
Pakistan on Wednesday conducted a successful test of the intermediate range ballistic missile Hatf IV (Shaheen-1).
According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the missile is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 900km.
An ISPR statement said that the missile incorporates series of improvements in range and technical parameters of the existing missile.
Director General Strategic Plans Division Lieutenant General (Retired) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai, while congratulating the scientists and engineers involved in the project, said that the improved version of Shaheen 1 has consolidated and strengthened Pakistan’s deterrence abilities manifold.
Earlier on February 15, Pakistan had conducted a successful test of the Hatf II (Abdali), which is a short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile.
Pakistan on Wednesday conducted a successful test of the intermediate range ballistic missile Hatf IV (Shaheen-1).
According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the missile is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 900km.
An ISPR statement said that the missile incorporates series of improvements in range and technical parameters of the existing missile.
Director General Strategic Plans Division Lieutenant General (Retired) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai, while congratulating the scientists and engineers involved in the project, said that the improved version of Shaheen 1 has consolidated and strengthened Pakistan’s deterrence abilities manifold.
Earlier on February 15, Pakistan had conducted a successful test of the Hatf II (Abdali), which is a short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile.