Pakistan Test-Fires Nuclear Missile
Pakistan Successfully Test-Fires Short-Range Missile Capable of Carrying Nuclear Warhead
By MUNIR AHMAD
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Mar 31, 2007 (AP)ââ¬â Pakistan successfully tested an indigenous short-range, nuclear-capable missile on Saturday, the military said.
The surface-to-surface Abdali ballistic missile with a range of 125 miles was launched from an undisclosed location inside Pakistan. The missile "can carry all types of warheads," the military said in a statement issued from Rawalpindi, a garrison city near the capital, Islamabad.
The military did not provide any further details, but Pakistan and its nuclear-armed rival, neighboring India, routinely test missiles.
Pakistan's latest comes about a week after India tested its indigenously developed air-to-air Astra missile, with a range of up to 50 miles.
Pakistan and India have fought two of three wars over the mountainous Kashmir region, which is divided between the two countries but claimed in entirety by both, after gaining independence from Britain 1947.
India became a declared atomic power in 1974, while Pakistan first carried out underground nuclear tests in 1998 in response to the tests done by New Delhi, rejecting pleas from world leaders at the time.
India's and Pakistan's short, medium and long-range missiles are able to hit targets within each other's territory.
Pakistan named its Abdali missile after Ahmad Shah Abdali, an 18th-century Afghan king who attacked India and was accused of plundering the country's riches.
Pakistan-India relations have improved since 2004, when they began a peace process in an effort to resolve differences, including the one over Kashmir.
The leaders from Pakistan and India will meet next week on the sidelines of a regional summit in New Delhi. The two countries are main members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, or SAARC, which will hold its annual summit in New Delhi on April 3-4.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Pakistan test-fires short-range missile capable of carrying nuclear warhead
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) ââ¬â Pakistan successfully tested an indigenous short-range, nuclear-capable missile on Saturday, the military said.
The surface-to-surface Abdali ballistic missile ââ¬â with a range of 125 miles ââ¬â was launched from an undisclosed location inside Pakistan. The missile "can carry all types of warheads," the military said in a statement issued from Rawalpindi, a garrison city near the capital, Islamabad.
The military did not provide any further details, but Pakistan and its nuclear-armed rival, neighboring India, routinely test missiles.
Pakistan's latest comes about a week after India tested its indigenously developed air-to-air Astra missile, with a range of up to 50 miles.
Pakistan and India have fought two of three wars over the mountainous Kashmir region, which is divided between the two countries but claimed in entirety by both, after gaining independence from Britain 1947.
FIND MORE STORIES IN: Pakistan | India | Islamabad | Kashmir | New Delhi | Rawalpindi | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Abdali
India became a declared atomic power in 1974, while Pakistan first carried out underground nuclear tests in 1998 in response to the tests done by New Delhi, rejecting pleas from world leaders at the time.
India's and Pakistan's short, medium and long-range missiles are able to hit targets within each other's territory.
Pakistan named its Abdali missile after Ahmad Shah Abdali, an 18th-century Afghan king who attacked India and was accused of plundering the country's riches.
Pakistan-India relations have improved since 2004, when they began a peace process in an effort to resolve differences, including the one over Kashmir.
The leaders from Pakistan and India will meet next week on the sidelines of a regional summit in New Delhi. The two countries are main members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, or SAARC, which will hold its annual summit in New Delhi on April 3-4.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-03-31-pakistan-missile_N.htm?csp=34
Pakistan Successfully Test-Fires Short-Range Missile Capable of Carrying Nuclear Warhead
By MUNIR AHMAD
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Mar 31, 2007 (AP)ââ¬â Pakistan successfully tested an indigenous short-range, nuclear-capable missile on Saturday, the military said.
The surface-to-surface Abdali ballistic missile with a range of 125 miles was launched from an undisclosed location inside Pakistan. The missile "can carry all types of warheads," the military said in a statement issued from Rawalpindi, a garrison city near the capital, Islamabad.
The military did not provide any further details, but Pakistan and its nuclear-armed rival, neighboring India, routinely test missiles.
Pakistan's latest comes about a week after India tested its indigenously developed air-to-air Astra missile, with a range of up to 50 miles.
Pakistan and India have fought two of three wars over the mountainous Kashmir region, which is divided between the two countries but claimed in entirety by both, after gaining independence from Britain 1947.
India became a declared atomic power in 1974, while Pakistan first carried out underground nuclear tests in 1998 in response to the tests done by New Delhi, rejecting pleas from world leaders at the time.
India's and Pakistan's short, medium and long-range missiles are able to hit targets within each other's territory.
Pakistan named its Abdali missile after Ahmad Shah Abdali, an 18th-century Afghan king who attacked India and was accused of plundering the country's riches.
Pakistan-India relations have improved since 2004, when they began a peace process in an effort to resolve differences, including the one over Kashmir.
The leaders from Pakistan and India will meet next week on the sidelines of a regional summit in New Delhi. The two countries are main members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, or SAARC, which will hold its annual summit in New Delhi on April 3-4.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Pakistan test-fires short-range missile capable of carrying nuclear warhead
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) ââ¬â Pakistan successfully tested an indigenous short-range, nuclear-capable missile on Saturday, the military said.
The surface-to-surface Abdali ballistic missile ââ¬â with a range of 125 miles ââ¬â was launched from an undisclosed location inside Pakistan. The missile "can carry all types of warheads," the military said in a statement issued from Rawalpindi, a garrison city near the capital, Islamabad.
The military did not provide any further details, but Pakistan and its nuclear-armed rival, neighboring India, routinely test missiles.
Pakistan's latest comes about a week after India tested its indigenously developed air-to-air Astra missile, with a range of up to 50 miles.
Pakistan and India have fought two of three wars over the mountainous Kashmir region, which is divided between the two countries but claimed in entirety by both, after gaining independence from Britain 1947.
FIND MORE STORIES IN: Pakistan | India | Islamabad | Kashmir | New Delhi | Rawalpindi | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Abdali
India became a declared atomic power in 1974, while Pakistan first carried out underground nuclear tests in 1998 in response to the tests done by New Delhi, rejecting pleas from world leaders at the time.
India's and Pakistan's short, medium and long-range missiles are able to hit targets within each other's territory.
Pakistan named its Abdali missile after Ahmad Shah Abdali, an 18th-century Afghan king who attacked India and was accused of plundering the country's riches.
Pakistan-India relations have improved since 2004, when they began a peace process in an effort to resolve differences, including the one over Kashmir.
The leaders from Pakistan and India will meet next week on the sidelines of a regional summit in New Delhi. The two countries are main members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, or SAARC, which will hold its annual summit in New Delhi on April 3-4.
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chief cant we increase the range of this missile say by 50 to 100 km.
For longer ranges we have other missiles, this will be used for other purposes. 
