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Pakistan to test-fire 3500-km long-range missile in June
[b]Press Trust of India[/b]
Islamabad, May 21
Pakistan is all set to test-fire on June 3 its new long-range ballistic missile Ghauri-III, which is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and having a range of 3,500 km covering all major cities in India.
The missile, which has a range of 3,500 kilometres compared to the 2000-km Shaheen missile test-fired in March, would be launched from the firing range near Nowshehra into the Arabian Sea, official sources were quoted as saying on Thursday.
Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali was informed of the details of the test when he visited the country’s premier nuclear installation Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) on Thursday, English daily The Nation reported.
It said, according to officials the missile could be tentatively test-fired on June 3, close on the heels of a new government headed by Manmohan Singh assuming office in India.
Based on liquid fuel, Ghauri-III is a ground-to-ground ballistic missile. If test-fired, Ghauri-III would be the second long-range missile developed by the KRL. It had test-fired 2500-km range, Shaheen-II in March.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_771295,00050002.htm
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Pakistan has completed preparations for the first test-firing of Ghauri-III ballistic missile[/SIZE]
During Prime Minister Jamali?s visit to the KRL on Thursday, it was told that this test-flight is expected in the first week of June.
According to the sources, June 3 has been fixed for the test but it can be slightly altered due to some technical or political reasons. Weather can also play a part in it.
Based on liquid fuel, Ghauri-III is a ground-to-ground ballistic missile having a range of 3,500 kms.
The sources said the missile would be launched from the firing range near Nowshehra into the Arabian Sea.
Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan was the architect of Ghauri-III project but due to some policy matters the government slowed the pace of work on this project.”
The Nation
http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/may-2004/21/main/top1.asp
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Longest range missile testfire next month
(AP) 22 May 2004
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan plans to test fire a new missile next month with a range nearly double the country’s previous longest-range missile, capable of carrying a warhead to nearly all corners of nuclear rival India, officials and media reports indicated yesterday.
The Ghauri-III missile would have a range of 3,500 kilometres, compared to the 2,000-kilometres Shaheen missile test-fired in March, a nuclear engineer told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
Two senior government officials confirmed that Pakistani scientists and engineers are working on a new missile, but declined to give details. Spokesmen for the Defence Ministry were not available for comment.
The Nation newspaper reported yesterday that a Ghauri-III missile would be test-fired on June 3 from the northwestern town of Nowshehra.
Pakistani leaders have welcomed Manmohan Singh’s statement on Thursday that he hopes for ‘most friendly’ relations and will further the dialogue launched by his predecessor.
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I thought they a short-notice before firing..so ppl dont start moving there SATS to watch all the god stuff for themselves…
hope they show it comming down into the sea as well..never saw a ballistic missile going into sea…
also one more question: how are they exactly going to *test* the range *3,500km*…??? deep into the sea will make UN v. angry (as if ppl care about UN nowadays lol),
?? anmd god..liquid feul..that thing will take hours to fill up…
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