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Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable missile ISLAMABAD, Tuesday (Reuters) Pakistan successfully test-fired on Tuesday an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads as parts of its efforts to boost its defences, a military statement said. Nuclear-armed Pakistan conducts regular missile tests, despite a revived peace process with nuclear rival India. The last time Pakistan test-fired a nuclear-capable missile was on June 4. "Pakistan this morning carried out another successful test of the indigenously produced intermediate range ballistic missile Hatf V (Ghauri)," the statement said. It said Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz witnessed the test of the surface-to-surface missile, which has a range of 1,500 km (940 miles). In March, Pakistan test-fired the Shaheen II ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 km (1,250 miles). It said the missile was capable of carrying nuclear warheads to every corner of India. Pakistan tested its first nuclear bomb in 1998 and says its weapons programme is a response to that of India, with which it has fought three wars since both countries won independence from Britain in 1947. Ghauri and Shaheen are different versions of a Pakistani missile series named Hatf, which is a reference to an ancient Islamic weapon. |
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