Pakistan's short-range Hatf III
Ghaznavi missile takes off from an undisclosed location during a test
flight December 9, 2006. Pakistan's military successfully test-fired on
Saturday a shot-range, nuclear-capable Hatf III Ghaznavi missile with a
range of 290 km (180miles).[Reuters]
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Pakistan on Saturday conducted a
successful launch of the Short Range Ballistic Missile, the army said.
The Hataf-III (Ghaznavi) Missile has a range of 290 km, a statement from the
army's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
This was the third launch of a ballistic missile by the Strategic Missile
Group (SMG) in as many weeks as part of the training exercises of the Pakistan
Army's Strategic Force Command (ASFC), according to the statement.
Two other SMGs had earlier conducted successful launches of the Ghauri and
Shaheen-I ballistic missiles last month.
"The launch came at the culmination phase of the training exercise, which
validated the operational readiness of the Strategic Missile Group (SMG)
equipped with Ghaznavi Missiles," the statement said.
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed and a large number
of senior military officers, scientists and engineers of the strategic
organizations witnessed the launch exercise, it added.