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  • Pakistan test-fires longest-range missile (1,250 miles)

    03/18/2005 10:11:25 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 29 replies · 706+ views
    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan successfully test-fired its longest-range, nuclear-capable missile Saturday. The test comes two days after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Pakistan to encourage its peace process with neighboring India. There was no immediate reaction from New Delhi. The Shaheen II missile has a range of 1,250 miles and it successfully hit the target, said Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan, a spokesman for the Pakistan army. He did not say where the test was conducted. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf witnessed the test and congratulated the missile's developers, the military said in a statement. "This missile which incorporates an...