ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday test-fired a ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, the military said. The Ghauri Ballistic Missile has a range of 1,300 kilometers (807 miles) and can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads.
It came a month after the test-firing of the surface-to-surface nuclear-capable Shaheen III missile with a range of 2,750 kilometers.
“The training launch of the Ghauri missile system was aimed at testing operational and technical readiness,” the military said in a statement.
Pakistan and neighboring India — which have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947 — have routinely carried out missile tests since both demonstrated a nuclear weapons capability in 1998. Tensions are higher than normal after Pakistani authorities last Friday freed on bail Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
It came a month after the test-firing of the surface-to-surface nuclear-capable Shaheen III missile with a range of 2,750 kilometers.
“The training launch of the Ghauri missile system was aimed at testing operational and technical readiness,” the military said in a statement.
Pakistan and neighboring India — which have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947 — have routinely carried out missile tests since both demonstrated a nuclear weapons capability in 1998. Tensions are higher than normal after Pakistani authorities last Friday freed on bail Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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