Karachi, Pakistan – Pakistan has successfully test-fired the surface-to-surface Shaheen III ballistic missile with a range of 2,750km (1,710 miles), its military says.
The missile test, conducted on Wednesday, “was aimed at re-validating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system”, said a statement from the military’s press wing.
The statement said the missile’s point of impact was in the Arabian Sea, and that the test was witnessed by the chairman of Pakistan’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Lieutenant-General Nadeem Zaki Manj, and other top officials.
Pakistan’s military did not say whether the tested version of the Shaheen III missile was capable of carrying nuclear weapons, although it has previously been described as having that capability.
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Pakistán prueba y LANZA con éxito un MISIL de medio alcance ¿Prepara una guerra?
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Indian book says India cannot defeat Pakistan or China militarily
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December 31, 2020
ISLAMABAD: A book authored by an Indian expert on security affairs says that India lacking clarity about military and strategic objectives cannot defeat neither Pakistan and China militarily in a war. India has no clarity about its military and strategic objectives vis-à-vis its stated adversaries, Pakistan and China, and can defeat neither of them in a war, a new book by N.C. Asthana, former Indian police officer respected for his insights into security affairs, said. The Wire on Tuesday carried a review of the book National Security and Conventional Arms Race: Spectre of a Nuclear War .