Pakistan tests medium-range missiles to ballistic missile

Pakistan successfully test fired a nuclear-capable medium-range missiles ballistic missile on Wednesday, the military said, less than a week after India test started a Langstreckenrakete Nike Air Max .
The exact range of the missile was not revealed, but the retired General Talat Masood, a defense expert, AFP said it would be away able to hit targets up to 2,500 to 3,000 km (1,550 to 1,850 miles) — putting rival India well within our grasp.
On Thursday, the India test fired its large range Agni V rocket that A one - ton nuclear warhead can deliver anywhere in China.
"Pakistan has today successfully completed the launch of the intermediate range ballistic missile Hatf IV Shaheen-1A Cheap Air Max weapon system", said the military in a statement.
India and Pakistan--which have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947--were routinely missile tests since both demonstrated nuclear weapons carried out in 1998.
Pakistan's last missile test came last month with the launch of short range nuclear capable Abdali.
Wednesday rocket, which landed in the sea, was a version of the Shaheen-1 with an improvement in the range and technical parameters, said the military, and can carry the nuclear and conventional warheads.
Director-General of strategic plans Division Lieutenant General Khalid Ahmed KIDWAI congratulated scientists and engineers on the successful launch and the accuracy of the missile to the target to reach.
He said the improved version of Shaheen 1a will further strengthen and capabilities strengthen Pakistan's deterrence.
Pakistan's arsenal includes short-, medium and long-range missiles named after Muslim conquerors.
The neighbours were on the brink of a nuclear conflict in 2002 over the disputed territory of Kashmir Cheap Air Max 95 , but one is slowly moving peace dialogue resumed last March after a three-year suspension in the wake of the attacks in Mumbai November 2008.
India and the United States accused of the attacks on the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba and Islamabad later admitted that the attack at least partly planned in Pakistan.