Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable cruise missile

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Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable cruise missile
(AP)

11 August 2005



ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan on Thursday test fired its first cruise missile, capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads, and did not give advance warning to its archrival India, officials said.


The missile, named Babur, has a range of 500 kilometers (310 miles), and was fired early Thursday. The launch site was not disclosed.

“By the grace of Allah, all design parameters for the flight were validated,” a military statement said.

The Foreign Ministry said Pakistan did not inform India, as an agreement formalized between the two countries over the weekend in New Delhi on pre-notification of missile tests does not cover cruise missiles.

There was no immediate reaction from India.


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