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Pakistan Ups Nuclear Rhetoric, Carries Out Launch Of Ballistic Missile

Darpan News Desk IANS, 29 Aug, 2019 07:38 PM

    Pakistan has successfully conducted a training launch of the surface-to-surface ballistic missile Ghaznavi, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday.

     

    "Pakistan successfully carried out night training launch of surface to surface ballistic missile Ghaznavi," Director General ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor said in a tweet.


    He added that the missile was "capable of delivering multiple types of warheads upto 290 km", The Express Tribune reported.


    In May, the Pakistan Army conducted a successful training launch of the Shaheen-II surface-to-surface ballistic missile.


    The Shaheen-II missile is capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads upto a range of 1,500 km.


    Prior to that in March, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) successfully test-fired an indigenously developed extended range "smart weapon" from the JF-17 multi-role fighter aircraft.


    In January, Pakistan conducted a training launch of a new surface-to-surface ballistic missile named Nasr.


    According to the ISPR, the missile would enhance the operational efficiency of army strategic forces command besides re-validating the desired technical parameters.

     

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