RAWALPINDI: Pakistan on Tuesday conducted its first successful flight test of surface-to-surface ballistic missile ‘Ababeel’, Inter Services Public Relations said here.
The statement issued by the ISPR, media wing of the military, said the missile has a maximum range of 2200 kilometers and is capable of carrying multiple warheads, using Multiple Independent Re-entry (MIRV) technology.
The test flight was aimed at validating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system.
Ababeel is capable of carrying nuclear warheads and has the capability to engage multiple targets with high precision defeating the enemy’s hostile radars.
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) January 24, 2017
Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah congratulated the nation, the scientists and engineers on successful conduct of missile test.
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) January 24, 2017
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Mamnoon Hussain have also conveyed their appreciation to the team engaged and armed forces of Pakistan on this landmark achievement.
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