Report: Pakistan has developed new missile
Special to World Tribune.com
MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE
Monday, January 8, 2001
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.
Monday, January 8, 2001
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