Pakistan test-fires medium-range ballistic missile

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Posted online: Friday , January 25, 2008 at 02:40:22

Islamabad, January 25: Pakistan successfully test-fired a 700-km range Shaheen-1 (Hatf-IV) Medium Range Ballistic Missile.

The launch was conducted at the conclusion of the annual field training exercises of a Shaheen-1 Missile Group, Pakistani media reported.

The field launch exercise of the Pakistan Armys Strategic Force Command (ASFC) was witnessed by Chief of the Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kiyani, senior military officers and scientists.

Addressing the troops in the exercise area, Kiyani congratulated them on achieving high standards of training and excellent results, an official release said.

The Shaheen-1 Ballistic Missile has a range of 700 kms and is an operationalised weapon system held by the ASFC.

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