RAWALPINDI: Pakistan on Friday conducted a successful test fire of short range surface-to-surface Ballistic Missile Hatf II (Abdali), as part of the process of validation of land based ballistic missile systems, ISPR said in a statement.
The short-range Ballistic Missile, with a range of 180 km, carries nuclear as well as conventional warheads with high accuracy, Pak Army said.
The test was witnessed by Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Khalid Shameem Wynne, Director General Strategic Plans Division Lieutenant General (Retd) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai, Commander Army Strategic forces Command, Lieutenant General Tariq Nadeem Gilani, senior officers from the strategic forces and scientists and engineers of strategic organizations.
The President and Prime Minister of Pakistan have congratulated the scientists and engineers on this outstanding achievement which consolidates Pakistan’s deterrence capability both at the operational and strategic levels.
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