Pakistan test-fires N-capable cruise missile

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday test-fired a nuclear-capable cruise missile with “stealth features”, the military said, the country’s first such exercise in more than three months. The military described the Hatf-VII Babur missile as a “low-flying, terrain-hugging missile, which can strike targets both at land and sea with pinpoint accuracy” and has a range of 700 kilometres. Pakistan’s last missile test, also of a Hatf-VII, came in June at the end of a spate of five launches in around six weeks that followed India’s firing of its Agni V rocket. The military said Monday’s launch was carried out from a “Multi Tube Missile Launch Vehicle (MLV)”, which it said improved the Babur system’s targeting and deployment capabilities. The test was witnessed by Strategic Plans Division Director General Lieutenant General (r) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai, National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM) Chairman Muhammad Irfan Burney and senior officers from the armed forces and strategic organisations. The successful test was appreciated by the president, prime minister and the joint chiefs of staff committee chairman, who congratulated the scientists and engineers on their success. staff report/afp

Pakistan test-fires N-capable cruise missile

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