The Pakistan Army announced on Monday that it had successfully conducted a "training launch" of its Shaheen-1 surface-to-surface ballistic missile (SSBM).
Pakistan successfully conducted training launch of SSBM
— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) November 18, 2019
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
In a tweet, the Inter-Services Public Relations wing of the Pakistan military said the Shaheen-1 is "capable of delivering all types of warheads up to range of 650km". It added the "launch was aimed at testing operational readiness of Army Strategic Forces Command (ASFC) ensuring Pakistan’s credible minimum deterrence".
also read
- MEA reacts to Pakistan's 'India involved in terrorism' statement: 'Look inwards'
- Train hijacking: Pakistan army lying, operations still on, say Baloch militants
- How did Balochistan come under Pakistan? Here's why 'non-Islamist' BLA militants are fighting for freedom
- OPINION | Balochistan: India’s day in the sun or another missed opportunity?
US researchers have suspected that the Shaheen-1 missile is a derivative of the Chinese M-11 ballistic missile, with Beijing providing assistance to Pakistan. According to the Missile Defence Project of the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) think tank, development of the Shaheen-1, also called the Haft-4, began in the late 1990s. The missile underwent at last seven development launches before being inducted into the Pakistan Army in 2008.
The test of the Shaheen-1 comes two days after India conducted a night-time launch of the Agni-2 ballistic missile.
