Pakistan test fires surface-to-surface ballistic missile

North Korea News.Net
Friday 23rd February, 2007

Pakistan on Friday successfully test-fired the surface-to-surface ballistic missile Hataf-VI Shaheen-II missile.

The ballistic Shaheen missile has a range of 2,000 kilometers and is capable of carrying all types of warheads. It is a two-stage solid fuel missile, which can carry nuclear and conventional warheads with high accuracy.

The missile test was part of the continuous process of validation and technical improvement which Pakistan follows to consolidate and verify its various land based strategic missile systems.

The test was witnessed by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Ehsan ul-Haq, who congratulated the scientists, engineers and the staff of Pakistan's strategic organisations on the successful test.

Speaking after the test, Gen Haq said Pakistan's strategy of credible minimum deterrence was fully in place and was a guarantee of peace in the region.

'The defence need of the country would always remain a government priority and the strategic programme particularly, which enjoyed complete national consensus, would continue to be consolidated and strengthened in line with the needs of national security,' he said.

President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz congratulated the technical team on the success of the test.

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