Islam Times - Pakistan successfully test-fires a ballistic missile

Islam Times - On Wednesday Pakistan conducted a successful launch of intermediate range ballistic missile Hatf-IV (Shaheen-1).

"The missile incorporates a series of improvements in range and technical parameters of the existing warhead and is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 900 kilometers," the Inter-Services Public Relations of Pakistan’s Army wrote in a statement.

Wednesday’s launch, with its impact point at sea, was witnessed by Director General Strategic Plans Division Lieutenant General Khalid Ahmed Kidwai, Chairman Nescom Muhammad Irfan Burney and other senior military officers, scientists and engineers.

In competition against each other, Pakistan and its neighbor India have developed different kinds of missiles.