October 12, 2004

Now this is helpful!

India doesn't seem to be getting its knickers in a twist, so who is the intended recipient of this signal?
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan said Tuesday that it has successfully test-fired a medium-range, nuclear-capable missile that could hit many cities in neighboring India, but defense officials said it was not intended as a message to the rival country.
India was informed beforehand about the test of the Ghauri V missile, which has a range of 930 miles. The launch, at an undisclosed location, was witnessed by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, an army statement said.
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Aziz said Tuesday in a statement that ``the nation is proud of our scientists and holds them in the highest esteem for making the national defense impregnable.''
The Ghauri missile is produced by Pakistan's main weapons facility, Khan Research Laboratories -- named after Abdul Qadeer Khan, the disgraced chief scientist behind Pakistan's nuclear program.
Posted by binky at October 12, 2004 01:34 PM | TrackBack | Posted to International Affairs


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If Khan is so disgraced, why is the main research facility still named after him?

Posted by: baltar at October 12, 2004 01:48 PM | PERMALINK
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