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Pakistan Test Fires Short-Range Ballistic Missile Hatf II

Islamabad, Mar 5: Pakistan said on Monday that it had successfully test fired a short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying atomic warheads. The Hatf II (Abdali) has a range of 180 kilometres (113 miles) and

India TV News Desk India TV News Desk Updated on: March 05, 2012 12:15 IST
pakistan test fires short range ballistic missile hatf ii
pakistan test fires short range ballistic missile hatf ii

Islamabad, Mar 5: Pakistan said on Monday that it had successfully test fired a short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying atomic warheads.


The Hatf II (Abdali) has a range of 180 kilometres (113 miles) 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.

South Asian rivals India and Pakistan -- which have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947 -- have routinely carried out missile tests since both demonstrated nuclear weapons capability in 1998.

Pakistan's arsenal includes short-, medium- and long-range missiles named after Muslim conquerors.

The neighbours were on the brink of nuclear conflict in 2002 over the disputed territory of Kashmir, but a slow-moving peace dialogue resumed last March after a three-year suspension following the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.

India and the United States blamed the attacks on Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba and Islamabad later admitted that the assault was at least partly planned in Pakistan.

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