Pakistan's military army says it has successfully test-fired a cruise missile Hatf-VII Babur 1102113

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Defense News - Pakistan
 

Friday , February 11, 2011, 11:20 AM

 
Pakistan's military says it has successfully test-fired a cruise missile Hatf-VII Babur.
 
 
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's military says it has successfully test-fired a cruise missile Hatf-VII or Babur capable of carrying "strategic and conventional" war heads.
     
Pakistan's military says it has successfully test-fired a cruise missile Hatf-VII or Babur capable of carrying "strategic and conventional" war heads.
Hatf-VII or Babur cruise missile with capable of carrying "strategic and conventional" war heads
     

An army statement says the Hatf-VII or Babur missile, which has a range of 600 kilometres, was test-fired from an undisclosed location Thursday. The statement did not specifically say if the missile could carry nuclear warheads.

Launched from ground-based transporter erector launchers, warships and submarines, the Babur can be armed with a conventional or nuclear warhead and has a reported range of 600 km. The missile is designed to avoid radar detection and penetrate enemy air defences.

Pakistan and its nuclear-armed rival neighbouring India routinely test different versions of their missiles. The two countries have fought three wars since they gained independence from Britain in 1947.