Report: Pakistan has developed new missile

NEW DEHLI — Pakistan is reported to have developed a new missile that can be tipped withh a nuclear warhead.

The Press Trust of India, in a report from Islamabad, said Pakistan has developed a missile called Haider-1, set for a test launch in March. The New Dehli-based agency said that at a speed of 16.6 kilometers per second the missile is faster than most in the region and can reach many Indian cities within three minutes of launch.

The Haider is also said to be more accurate than the Shahin missile tested last year. That missile has a range of 2,500 kilometers and is believed based on Chinese technology.

Pakistani sources told the Indian agency that the Haider-1 was developed independently by Pakistani experts.

In the Indian city of Hyderabad, a short-range missile went awry during a test on Thursday and exploded in the compound of Bharat Dynamics. The complex contains Indian missile projects such as Akash, Prithvi and Trishul.