The newly developed Hatf IX missile is test-fired from an undisclosed location in Pakistan, yesterday.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday conducted a successful test-fire of Short Range Surface-to-Surface Missile Hatf IX (Nasr), according to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The test fire was conducted with successive launches of 4 x missiles (Salvo) from a state-of-the-art multi-tube launcher.
Nasr, with a range of 60 kilometres and in-flight manoeuvre capability is a quick response system equipped with shoot and scoot attributes.
The test was witnessed by the Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Director General Strategic Plans Division, Lieutenant General (Retd) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai, Chairman NESCOM, Mr Muhammad Irfan Burney, Commander Army Strategic Forces Command, Lieutenant General Tariq Nadeem Gilani, senior officers from the strategic forces and scientists and engineers of strategic organisations.
The Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, congratulated the scientists and engineers on this outstanding achievement which consolidates Pakistan’s military deterrence capability. internews
