 "Pakistan test fires short range missile Nasr")
Islamabad: Pakistan today successfully test fired Hatf IX (Nasr) missile, a short range surface to surface missile that has a range of 60-kilometres. The test fire was conducted with successive launches of 4 x missiles (Salvo) from a state of the art multi tube launcher, the military said. [caption id=“attachment_1211453” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Representational image. AFP[/caption] Nasr, with in-flight manoeuvre capability, is a quick response system equipped with shoot and scoot attributes, it said in a statement. Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and other top army commanders witnessed the launch. Gen Kayani said the test consolidates Pakistan’s deterrence capability. PTI
The test fire was conducted with successive launches of 4 x missiles (Salvo) from a state of the art multi tube launcher, the military said.
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