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Pakistan test-fires Hatf VI again

B. Muralidhar Reddy

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday successfully test fired its long-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Hatf VI (Shaheen II) with `outstanding results.'

A statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the missile test was conducted to validate additional technical parameters beyond those that were verified in the last test firing in March 2005.

It said Hatf VI is Pakistan's longest range ballistic missile system with a range of 2,000 km and has the potential to achieve 2,500 km in an advanced version. It is a two-stage solid fuel missile, which can carry nuclear and conventional warheads with high accuracy.

The test was witnessed by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who congratulated the scientists, engineers and the technical staff of Pakistan's strategic organisations on achieving yet another milestone.

It quoted Mr. Aziz as saying that his Government was fully alive to developments in the region and reiterated that Pakistan would never accept `discrimination' of any kind.

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