Islamabad, May 08: Pakistan today test fired two short-range ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads and striking Indian cities, with Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani saying it was time for the world to recognise his country as a “de jure” atomic power.
The armed forces conducted “training launches” of the Shaheen-I missile with a range of 650 km and the Ghaznavi missile with a range of 290 km at the conclusion of an annual field training exercise of the Army Strategic Force Command.
The tests carried out in the presence of Gilani were aimed at “testing the operational readiness of Strategic Missile Groups equipped with Ghaznavi and Shaheen missile systems,” said a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations.
–PTI