Islamabad:
Pakistan today successfully test-fired a short-range surface-to-surface
ballistic missile Hatf III (Ghaznavi), capable of carrying nuclear and
conventional warheads to a range of 290 kilometres, that could cover parts of
India.
The
“successful training launch” concluded the Field Training Exercise of Strategic
Missile Group of Army Strategic Forces Command, the military said in a
statement here.
The
launch was witnessed by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Rashad
Mahmood, Director General Strategic Plans Division, Lt Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat,
Commander Army Strategic Forces Command, Lt Gen Obaid Ullah Khan, Chairman
NESCOM Muhammad Irfan Burney and other senior military officials and scientists
at an undisclosed location.
Addressing
the troops in the exercise, Gen Mahmood commended the troops on achieving
technical and operational excellence in operating the state-of-the-art weapon
system, the statement said.He
“expressed his satisfaction over the training goals achieved during the
exercise and expected that the officers and men entrusted with the task of
deterring aggression would continue to maintain professional excellence”, it
said.
Gen
Mahmood also congratulated all the scientists and engineers for the successful
launch of Ghaznavi as another milestone which has further strengthened the defence
potential of Pakistan besides ensuring peace in the region.
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