Pakistan Tuesday successfully test-fired a short range surface-to-surface missile Hatf IX (NASR).
The test was conducted with successive launches of four missiles from a state-of-the-art multi-tube launcher, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported.
NASR, with a range of 60 km and in-flight manoeuvre capability, is a quick response system with shoot-and-scoot attributes. It contributes to the full spectrum deterrence against threats in view of evolving scenarios, according to Pakistan military's media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations.
The test was witnessed by the Chief of Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Director General Strategic Plans Division Lt.Gen. (Retd.) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai, Chairman of National Engineering and Scientific Commission Muhammad Irfan Burney, Commander Army Strategic Forces Command Lt.Gen. Tariq Nadeem Gilani, senior officers from the strategic forces and scientists and engineers of strategic organisations.
Kayani congratulated the scientists and engineers on this outstanding achievement which consolidates Pakistan's deterrence capability.