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Wow, this is Pak's answer to Brahmos ? 180km short range ballistic missile ?
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The Army on Sunday successfully test-fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in Pokharan to operationalise the second regiment of the weapon system in service.
"In conformity and pursuit of operational and strategic surface-to-surface missile capability development, the second BrahMos unit of Indian Army has been operationalised," an Army spokesperson said.
The Indian Army unit successfully launched BrahMos missile and destroyed the pre-selected target in the field firing ranges in Rajasthan," he said.
The test was witnessed by senior Army officials, including Vice Chief Lt Gen Shri Krishna Singh and Director General Military Operations Lt Gen A K Chaudhary. The Army has so far placed orders for three regiments of the missile.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/brahmos-cruise-missile-testfired/920216/
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday test-fired the nuclear-capable Hatf-II short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile that can hit targets in India as part of the process of validating its land-based missile systems.
The test was conducted successfully, a military statement said. The Hatf-II or Abdali has a range of 180 km and can carry nuclear and conventional warheads with "high accuracy" . The Hatf-II "provides an operational level capability to Pakistan's strategic forces, additional to the strategic and tactical level capability which it already possesses" , the statement said.
Pakistan test-fires N-capable Hatf missile - The Times of India
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The Army on Sunday successfully test-fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in Pokharan to operationalise the second regiment of the weapon system in service.
"In conformity and pursuit of operational and strategic surface-to-surface missile capability development, the second BrahMos unit of Indian Army has been operationalised," an Army spokesperson said.
The Indian Army unit successfully launched BrahMos missile and destroyed the pre-selected target in the field firing ranges in Rajasthan," he said.
The test was witnessed by senior Army officials, including Vice Chief Lt Gen Shri Krishna Singh and Director General Military Operations Lt Gen A K Chaudhary. The Army has so far placed orders for three regiments of the missile.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/brahmos-cruise-missile-testfired/920216/
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday test-fired the nuclear-capable Hatf-II short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile that can hit targets in India as part of the process of validating its land-based missile systems.
The test was conducted successfully, a military statement said. The Hatf-II or Abdali has a range of 180 km and can carry nuclear and conventional warheads with "high accuracy" . The Hatf-II "provides an operational level capability to Pakistan's strategic forces, additional to the strategic and tactical level capability which it already possesses" , the statement said.
Pakistan test-fires N-capable Hatf missile - The Times of India