Pakistan test fires N-capable ballistic missile
Pakistan has test fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile, military officials say, less than a week after India also test-launched a long-range missile.
The military said the test of the Shaheen 1-A, an intermediate-range missile capable of reaching targets in India, was successful.
Defence experts say that while the exact range of the Pakistani missile has not been revealed, it is capable of hitting targets up to 2,500 to 3,000km (1,550 to 1,850 miles) away - putting arch-rival India well within reach.
The Agni-V long-range intercontinental ballistic missile launched by India last week has a range of more than 5,000km (3,100 miles), potentially bringing targets in China within range.
BBC
Tit-for-tat nonsense! I don’t know how important this missile is for the security of the country as Shaheen 1 is already capable of covering most of India — given that India is what we think about all the time :smack:
This test came after India test-fired Agni V, a 5000-km range IRBM, with an aim to cover all of China. I hope China does not jumps into the maddening race of missiles. Probably because they are already sitting on a pile of ICBMs.
But regardless of that I hope none ever gets used. Ever. Neither from Pakistan, nor from India, China, US, or any other country. Nuclear warhead or otherwise. The world doesn’t need an inch more death and destruction than it already suffers from.
The rest of the world wouldn’t let it come to it. At least not Pakistan, India, China, US, UK, France, and Russia. My only fears are Iran and North Korea, particularly the later.