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Pakistan test fires cruise missile
LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan, a South Asian nation with nuclear capability, says it has successfully test-fired a new missile that "can carry all types of warheads."
The army said in a statement that the country on Saturday fired an "air-launched cruise missile called Hatf-8, or Ra'ad -- which means thunder in Arabic.
The missile has "a range of "350 kilometers" or nearly 220 miles "for now."
And, it has been designed exclusively for launch from a variety of Pakistan's air platforms."
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/25/pakistan.missile/index.html
LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan, a South Asian nation with nuclear capability, says it has successfully test-fired a new missile that "can carry all types of warheads."
The army said in a statement that the country on Saturday fired an "air-launched cruise missile called Hatf-8, or Ra'ad -- which means thunder in Arabic.
The missile has "a range of "350 kilometers" or nearly 220 miles "for now."
And, it has been designed exclusively for launch from a variety of Pakistan's air platforms."
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/25/pakistan.missile/index.html