Pakistan Successfully Tests Long-Range Nuclear-Capable

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Missile

Sorry for the Fox link, followed from another site and too lazy to look for another source.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,253918,00.html

" Pakistan successfully test-fired a new version of its long-range nuclear-capable missile on Friday, the military said.
The Shaheen II ballistic missile, launched from an undisclosed location, has a range of 1,245 miles.

......After witnessing the missile test on Friday, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Gen. Ehsan Ul Haq, congratulated the scientists and engineers for "achieving an important milestone in Pakistan's quest for sustaining strategic balance in South Asia," the military statement said.

It also quoted Haq as saying that "Pakistan's strategy of credible minimum deterrence was fully in place and was a guarantee of peace in the region."

In separate messages, Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz also congratulated the scientists and engineers for upgrading the missile."

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1. Lovely

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2. Hopefully we'll remain allies with the regime in Pakistan :) n/t

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3. One step closer to Armagedon