Pakistan conducts successful test launch of Shaheen 1-A ballistic missile

Pakistan on Friday conducted a successful flight test of the Shaheen 1-A surface-to-surface ballistic missile, the Pakistan military said in a statement.

Pakistan military said that the test flight was aimed at “re-validating” various design and technical parameters of the country’s weapon system including an advanced navigation system.

Pakistani Tribune news agency reported that this is the fifth missile test by the country’s armed forces since the start of the year, with launches of the Shaheen-3, Ghaznavi, Babur cruise missile, and the Fatah-1 conducted.

The Shaheen 1-A with an advanced guidance system is one of Pakistan’s highly accurate missile systems.

It said that the ballistic missile is capable of delivering a nuclear warhead and striking a target up to 900 Kilometers.

“The missile spanned a range of 900 kilometers, and the test flight was aimed at the re-validating of various design and technical parameters of the weapon system including an advanced navigation system”, Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) told local news agencies.

Pakistan’s nuclear and missile program is reportedly aimed at countering threats from its neighboring country India.

The two nuclear-armed countries have fought four wars since gaining their independence from Britain in 1947.