Pakistan Army has conducted a successful training launch of the surface to surface ballistic missile ‘Shaheen-1’.
The Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major-General Asif Ghafoor, announced the news on Twitter.
DG ISPR said that the missile is capable of delivering all types of warheads (both conventional and nuclear) with a range of 650 kilometers.
He also shared a video of the launch, with the caption saying:
Shaheen-1 capable of delivering all types of warheads upto a range of 650 KMs.
Pakistan successfully conducted training launch of SSBM
Shaheen-1 capable of delivering all types of warheads upto range of 650 KMs. Launch was aimed at testing operational readiness of Army Strategic Forces Command (ASFC) ensuring Pakistan’s credible minimum deterrence. pic.twitter.com/xXynslmjLt— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) November 18, 2019
The head of the military’s media wing also added:
The launch was aimed at testing the operational readiness of Army Strategic Forces Command (ASFC), ensuring Pakistan’s credible minimum deterrence.
Greetings from Pakistan !
AlHamadulillah,
Congratulations, its an enormous and trully magnificent success for the entire team behind it.
Surely our motherland defense is second to none, and the bitter tooth response for the cowered act.
All the praise for the entire team, and the nation.