Pakistan Test Fires Cruise Missile

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Re: Pakistan Test Fires Cruise Missile

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Its up to us: Pakistan tells India

SLAMABAD: Pakistan said it was not “duty-bound” to inform India about the test-firing of its Cruise missile and alleged that New Delhi had declined to include this in the draft treaty on nuclear and conventional weapons and only agreed on pre-notification of ballistic missiles.

Islamabad is not duty-bound to inform New Delhi about the cruise missile as it is not included in the treaty. The test was, therefore, carried out without pre-notification, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told reporters in Rawalpindi when asked why New Delhi was not informed about yesterday’s test-firing of Hatf VII Babur missile.

India declined to accept Pakistan’s proposal that Cruise missiles too should be included in the draft treaty finalised at the weekend talks on nuclear and conventional CBMs, where the two countries agreed on pre-notification of only ballistic missiles, he claimed.

"India thought that we will never acquire cruise missiles, that is the reason why they were not willing to accept Pakistan’s proposal to include notification of cruise missiles in the treaty," he said.

Yeah.. I gotta smile at that last one… Never acquire it my left nut!