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Pakistan on Monday test fired a nuclear capable cruise missile with “stealth features”,<\/strong> the military said, the country’s first such exercise in more than three months.<\/p>\n

The military described the Hatf-VII Babur missile as a “low-flying, terrain-hugging missile, which can strike targets both at land and sea with pin point accuracy” and has a range of 700 kilometers (440 miles).<\/p>\n

Pakistan’s last missile test, also of a Hatf-VII, came in June at the end of a spate of five launches in around six weeks that followed arch-rival India successfully firing its Agni V rocket, which can deliver a nuclear warhead anywhere in China.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The military said Monday’s launch was carried out from a “Multi Tube Missile Launch Vehicle (MLV)”, which it said improved the Babur system’s targeting and deployment capabilities.<\/p>\n

India and Pakistan have fought three wars — two over the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir — and have routinely carried out missile tests since both demonstrated nuclear weapons capability in 1998.<\/p>\n

Defense analysts say India’s strategic priorities are focusing more on China, while Pakistan is still concerned about its eastern neighbor.<\/p>\n

Here we go!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AP<\/em>
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