Pakistan Successfully Test Hatf 2 Missile

Updated at: 1034 PST, Friday, March 11, 2011
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday conducted successful test-fire of short range surface to surface ballistic missile HATF II (Abdali) with the range of 180 km.

The missile can carry nuclear and conventional warheads. The test-fire of the missile held at undisclosed location and was witnessed by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Shamim Hyder Wyyne.

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minnister Yusuf Raza Gilani have felicitated the scientists and engineers on the success.(APP)