Pakistan tests nuclear-capable missile

[buckthesystem]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061116/ap_on_...an_missile_test

Pakistan tests nuclear-capable missile By MUNIR AHMAD, Associated Press Writer

Thu Nov 16, 12:39 PM ET

Pakistan said it successfully test-fired a new version of its nuclear-capable medium-range missile Thursday, a show of power a day after peace talks with India that were criticized by domestic hard-liners.

The North Korean-designed Ghauri missile, also known as the Hatf 5, was launched to mark the end of military exercises at an undisclosed location, an army statement said. The missile with a range of 800 miles could easily strike deep into neighboring India, Pakistan's nuclear-armed foe.

The missile, based on the Soviet Scud, has been in service since 1998 and test-fired many times, most recently Oct. 12.

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz had watched the launch and congratulated scientists, engineers and the army for developing the new version of the missile, the statement said.

"Pakistan can be justifiably proud of its defense capability and the reliability of its nuclear deterrence," he said, according to the statement.

Pakistan believes in peace that "comes from a position of strength and operational readiness," Aziz said. He said Pakistan's nuclear capability had reached full operational capability in the past seven years.

On Wednesday, longtime nuclear rivals Pakistan and India concluded a crucial round of peace talks in New Delhi aimed at resolving their differences, including the thorny issue of their territorial dispute over the Himalayan region of Kashmir.

India did not comment on the test.

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[spiritman]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061116/ap_on_...an_missile_test

Pakistan tests nuclear-capable missile By MUNIR AHMAD, Associated Press Writer

Thu Nov 16, 12:39 PM ET

Pakistan said it successfully test-fired a new version of its nuclear-capable medium-range missile Thursday, a show of power a day after peace talks with India that were criticized by domestic hard-liners.

The North Korean-designed Ghauri missile, also known as the Hatf 5, was launched to mark the end of military exercises at an undisclosed location, an army statement said. The missile with a range of 800 miles could easily strike deep into neighboring India, Pakistan's nuclear-armed foe.

The missile, based on the Soviet Scud, has been in service since 1998 and test-fired many times, most recently Oct. 12.

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz had watched the launch and congratulated scientists, engineers and the army for developing the new version of the missile, the statement said.

"Pakistan can be justifiably proud of its defense capability and the reliability of its nuclear deterrence," he said, according to the statement.

Pakistan believes in peace that "comes from a position of strength and operational readiness," Aziz said. He said Pakistan's nuclear capability had reached full operational capability in the past seven years.

On Wednesday, longtime nuclear rivals Pakistan and India concluded a crucial round of peace talks in New Delhi aimed at resolving their differences, including the thorny issue of their territorial dispute over the Himalayan region of Kashmir.

India did not comment on the test.

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Great more missles in the middle east that's all we need

[Adarian]

In Somalia, the "Islamic Court System", in the absence of any coherent government is moving to take over the whole nation, now closing theaters, shutting down public radio, imposing sharia law in a Taliban style of control, and creating a new haven and training ground for terrorists. The utter flattening of society and total oppression is the way of Islam, now they have nukes. Joy. According to the BBC today, Iran is obtaining training for thousands of nuclear technicians via Russia and China, and the "real" deal is that as Iran develops its nuke program, North Korea field tests the products under the guise of having their own development success. Islam and communism in total cahoots. Such a totally gross cooperation, and such a great danger to freedom and the Christian way of life. The West should have walked with God. Now the price of apostasy grows in the east.

Pakistan is only part of the movement.

[billie]

Come, Lord Jesus, come.