Pakistan successfully test fires Hatf IX: ISPR

The missile has a range of 60 kilometers and can carry any type of warhead.


Web Desk November 05, 2013
File photo of NASR, Hatf IX missile. PHOTO: ISPR

Pakistan conducted a successful test fire of the Hatf IX (NASR) missile on Tuesday, Express News reported.

The missile has a range of 60 kilometers and can carry any type of warhead.

Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Pervez Kayani was present at the test fire, which was confirmed by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

Pakistan had conducted a successful test fire of Hatf IX on February 11 this year, according to the ISPR.

The test fire in February was conducted with successive launches of two missiles from a state of the art multi-tube launcher.

NASR, with an in-flight manoeuvre capability can carry nuclear warheads of appropriate yield, with high accuracy, said the ISPR's press release.

NASR has also been specially designed to defeat all known Anti-Tactical Missile Defence Systems.

The first successful test of the short range surface to surface multi tube ballistic missile Hatf IX was conducted in April 2011.

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