Military Procurement International Vol. 18, No. 9, May 1, 2008
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PAKISTAN
Strategic
Forces test fire Shaheen II IRBM, twice
The Pakistan
Strategic Forces Command successfully test fired the nuclear capable Shaheen
II, or Hatf VI, Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) on April 19 and
again on April 21.
The
two-stage, solid fuel missile has a range of 2,000km. Previous firings of the
Shaheen II, the first of which was in 2004, were conducted by defence scientists
and engineers. ©
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