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By Usman Ansari
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has test-fired an improved variant of its Shaheen-1 (Falcon-1) HATF-IV/Vengeance-IV short range ballistic missile, another step in ensuring the survivability of its strategic forces.
According to a press release by the military’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) media branch, “The missile incorporates a series of improvements in range and technical parameters of the existing missile. It is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 900 km.”
The test missile was stated to have struck a predetermined spot in the Arabian Sea. No specific details of the improvements were given.
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