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Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable missile
Pakistan test fired a nuclear-capable missile on Friday in its second test in less than a week, the military said.
- Agencies
- Published: 12:35 February 1, 2008
Islamabad: Pakistan test fired a nuclear-capable missile on Friday in its second test in less than a week, the military said.
President Pervez Musharraf attended Friday's test and said Pakistan had developed a strong nuclear deterrent.
The intermediate range ballistic missile, Ghauri, can travel up to 1,300 kilometres. The army last week tested a medium-range Shaheen-1 missile.
Musharraf dismissed concern that Pakistan's nuclear weapons could be misused by Islamist militants.
"Pakistan is capable of thwarting all threats to its sovereignty and to the nuclear capability," he said.
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