“Pakistan today successfully conducted the launch of the intermediate range ballistic missile Hatf IV Shaheen-1A weapon system,” Pakistan’s military said in a statement on Wednesday.
The missile, which landed in the sea, was an improved version of the Shaheen-one with a longer range, said the military, without revealing the exact range of the projectile.
However, Pakistani retired General Talat Masood, who is a defense analyst, told AFP that the missile would be able to hit targets up to 2,500 to 3,000 kilometers away.
The test comes just days after neighboring India announced that it had successfully test fired a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying a 1.5-ton nuclear warhead from a military base off the country’s eastern coast of Orissa.
Pakistan routinely tests various missiles to match those of India. The two neighbors have engaged in an arms race since the partition of Pakistan from India in 1947.
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