Islamabad – Pakistan tested a ballistic missile on Saturday when Indian tensions shot over last month Mortal attack against tourists in it Kashmir region in dispute.
The surface to surface missile has a range of 450 kilometers (approximately 280 miles), said the Pakistani army. There were no immediate comments on the launch from India, which blames Pakistan for the massacre of weapons of April 22 in the tourist city of Pahalgam, a position of Pakistan denies.
The Pakistan army said that the launch of the Abdali weapons system aimed to guarantee the “operational preparation of the troops and validate the key technical parameters”, including the advanced missile navigation system and the improved maneuverability characteristics.
The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, congratulated those who behind the successful test. The missiles do not shoot towards the border area with India; They are normally fired to the Arabic sea or the deserts of the province of Southwest Baluchistan.
The Navy of India said on April 27 that its ships had successfully made anti -burst shots to “revalidate and demonstrate the preparation of platforms, systems and crew for an offensive attack of long -range precision.”
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said days before Pakistan “Credible intelligence” of India that plans to attack it in a matter of days.
The Kashmir region is divided between India and Pakistan and claimed by both.
