Pakistan successfully tests surface-to-surface ballistic missile Shaheen-I

Pakistan successfully tests a nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile Shaheen-I, which can strike targets up to 650 kilometres, bringing many Indian cities under its range. The launch of Shaheen-I missile was held as part of a training exercise “aimed at testing the operational readiness of Army Strategic Forces Command”.

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The Shaheen-1 missile is capable of delivering all types of warheads up to range of 650 KMs, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) tweeted. The launch was aimed at testing operational readiness of Army Strategic Forces Command (ASFC) ensuring Pakistan’s credible minimum deterrence.

The Pakistani missile test also came days after India conducted the first night trial of ‘Agni-II’, its versatile surface-to-surface medium range nuclear-capable missile. The ‘Agni-II’ missile has a strike range of 2,000 km and is an intermediate range ballistic missile. It has already been inducted into the armed forces.