Pakistan Conducts Second Test of Ballistic Missile

Pakistan today conducted a second successful test of its nuclear-capable, medium-range Ghauri 5 missile, according to the Associated Press (see GSN, June 1).

Pakistan informed its nuclear-armed rival India before testing the 1,500-kilometer-range missile, according to AP. The launch was described as a routine test, AP reported.

Pakistan is also expected this month to test its long-range Ghauri 3 ballistic missile, which has a range of 3,500 kilometers and could strike most any target in India (Munir Ahmad, Associated Press/Yahoo!News, June 4).

Meanwhile, India plans to test its 3,000-kilometer-range Agni 3 missile later this year, said V.K. Aatre, scientific adviser to defense minister.

“We have started integrating it (Agni 3). In this kind of high-end technologies, it is very difficult for me to indicate a time. We are at it.  We are still a few months away,” he said yesterday. “It is certainly not in the next three months,” he added (Deepikaglobal.com, June 4).

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