New Medium-Range Missile Is Test-Fired
With border tensions between South Asia’s nuclear neighbors running high, Pakistan test-fired a new surface-to-surface missile today, its state-run news agency said.
India was given prior warning of the test, according to Associated Press of Pakistan.
The missile is one in a series of medium-range missiles developed for Pakistan’s arsenal.
Both India and Pakistan conducted underground nuclear tests in 1998, and both say they have added nuclear weapons to their arsenals, but neither has specified the type or number of nuclear weapons.
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