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Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Cruise Missile
The Pakistan Army carried out a successful test-firing of a Hatf-7 (Babur) nuclear-capable cruise missile on Monday, DawnNews reported. The launch, the site of which was not disclosed, was made from a mobile launcher according to media reports. Babur, which has a range of 700 km (420 miles) can hit precision targets and employs stealth [...]
Pakistan tests nuclear-capable ballistic missile
Pakistan successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile on Wednesday, the military said, less than a week after India tried out a long-range missile. The exact range of Pakistan’s missile was not revealed, but retired General Talat Masood, a defence analyst, told AFP intermediate-range ballistic missiles could reach targets up to 2,500-3,000 kilometres (1,550-1,850 miles) [...]
North Korea seeking to develop nuclear missile: South Korea
South Korea accused North Korea Monday of trying to develop a nuclear-armed missile through a satellite launch next month, after Pyongyang dismissed international calls to abandon the exercise. “Our government defines North Korea’s so-called working satellite launch plan as a grave provocation to develop a long-distance delivery means for nuclear weapons by using ballistic missile [...]
Pakistan test fires short-range ballistic missile
Pakistan said Monday it had successfully test fired a short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying atomic warheads. The Hatf II (Abdali) has a range of 180 kilometres (113 miles) and carries nuclear as well as conventional warheads with “high accuracy”, the military said in a statement. “It provides an operational level capability to Pakistan’s strategic [...]
India to Test Launch Agni-5 ICBM in March
India plans to test launch its new Agni-5 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), capable of carrying nuclear warheads, in the second half of March, The Times of India reported on Tuesday. The Agni-5 has a striking range of up to 5,000 kilometers (around 3,100 miles), which means it could bring targets as far away as northern [...]
India tests long-range nuclear-capable missile
India on Tuesday successfully test fired one of its longest range missiles capable of carrying a one-tonne nuclear warhead deep inside China, officials said. A Defence Research and Development Organisation spokesman said the Agni-IV missile was launched at 9:00am (0330 GMT) from a test site in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. “All the parameters [...]
Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable stealth cruise missile
Pakistan said it had successfully test-fired a stealth cruise missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads on Friday. The military said the “Hatf VII” missile had a range of 700 kilometers (438 miles) and was a “low-flying, terrain-hugging missile with high maneuverability, pin-point accuracy and radar avoidance features”. Capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the military said [...]
India tests nuclear-capable missile
India tested a medium-range nuclear-capable missile along its eastern coast on Saturday, an official said, as part of the nation’s efforts to build up its atomic deterrent. The indigenous surface-to-surface Shourya missile was fired from a range in the eastern state of Orissa as a trial for the Indian army, said SP Dash, director of [...]
Russia successfully tests Topol missile with new warhead
Russia on Saturday successfully tested its Topol strategic missile with a new warhead designed to breach missile shields, Russian news agencies reported, citing the defence ministry. “The experimental warhead of the missile hit the designated target with high precision at the testing site on Kamchatka peninsula,” a spokesman for the strategic rocket forces told the [...]


