Pakistan Launches Ghauri Hatf 5 Rocket

Pakistan on Tuesday successfully test fired a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads, the military said, noting that the Ghauri Hatf 5 rocket, with a range of 1,300 kilometres (800 miles), could carry conventional and other warheads, according to the Bristish newspaper, The Telegraph.

The launch was conducted by the Army Strategic Force command's strategic missile group at the end of a field-training exercise aimed at testing the force's operational readiness, the statement said.