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Pakistan successfully conducted a test-fire of short range surface-to-surface missile, Hatf-IX (Nasr) on Friday, according to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).
ISPR said the test fire was conducted with successive launches of 4 x Missiles from a state of the art Multi Tube Launcher with Salvo Mode.
NASR, with a range of 60 km and in-flight maneuver capability is a quick response system, with shoot and scoot attributes. It contributes to the full spectrum deterrence against the prevailing threat spectrum, ISPR said.
The flight test was witnessed by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Rashad Mahmood, Director General Strategic Plans Division, Lieutenant General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Commander Army Strategic Forces Command, Lieutenant General Obaid Ullah Khan, Chairman NESCOM, Muhammad Irfan Burney, senior officers from the strategic forces and scientists and engineers of strategic organizations.
Addressing the participants at the launch area, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Rashad Mahmood, congratulated the scientists and engineers on achieving yet another milestone towards Pakistan’s deterrence capability.
He appreciated the professional attributes of all concerned which made possible the successful launch of Weapon System. He showed his full confidence over the Strategic Command and Control System and the Pakistan Armed Forces capability to safeguard security of the Mother Land against any aggression.
The successful test launch has also been warmly appreciated by the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan who congratulated the participating troops, the scientists and engineers on their outstanding achievemen
Tactical nukes are meant for deterrence. It is pertinent at this juncture to state that arms race neither suit India, nor Pakistan with regard to their developing economies. Adventurous doctrines and developments in the region which aim at shifting strategic environment have compelled Pakistan to respond by developing tactical nuclear weapons to ensure deterrence in South Asia.
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