Pakistan on Wednesday conducted a successful test of the intermediate range ballistic missile Hatf IV (Shaheen-1).
Did they peel off the North Korean label first? | According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the missile is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 900km. An ISPR statement said that the missile incorporates a series of improvements in range and technical parameters of the existing missile.
Director-General Strategic Plans Division Lt-Gen. (Retd) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai, while congratulating the scientists and engineers involved in the project, said that the improved version of Shaheen 1 has consolidated and strengthened North Korea's PakistanÂ’s deterrence abilities manifold. |