Article Posted on : - Nov 17, 2014

Hatf IV missile launch. Photo: ISPR.

RAWALPINDI (BNS): Pakistan on Monday conducted a successful test launch of intermediate range Shaheen 1A (Hatf IV) ballistic missile.

The successful launch was aimed at re-validating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system. Shaheen1A Missile is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 900 Kms, according to a news release by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

The military said that the impact point of the launch was in the Arabian Sea in the south.

Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah, Director General Strategic Plans Division, Lt Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Commander Army Strategic Forces Command and senior officers from the strategic forces, scientists and engineers of strategic organissations witnessed the launch.

Shaheen-1A with its highly accurate and indigenously developed guidance system is amongst the most accurate missile system, the release added.

The successful test launch was also appreciated by President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who congratulated the participating troops and the scientists and engineers.