Pakistani Nuclear Missile

The US has slapped sanctions on seven Pakistani entities associated with the country's missile programme, a media report said today.

Pakistan has a nuclear stockpile of between 130 and 140 nuclear warheads, according to a group of American scientists, whosetally is partially based on close scrutiny of satellite images and matches other recent estimates.

A roadside bombing in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border killed nine paramilitary troops on Thursday while another soldier died in an attack further south, the army said. The Pakistani military, meanwhile, test-fired a ballistic missile it said could carry a nuclear warhead, an exercise meant to showcase the nuclear-armed nation's capabil...

The Pakistani military says it has successfully test-launched an upgraded intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. The military said in a statement on Wednesday that the missile was an improved version of the Shaheen 1 with a longer range. The Shaheen 1 is believed to have a range of 750 kilometers (465 miles). ...

Pakistan successfully test-fired a short range surface to surface ballistic missile, HATF II (Abdali), with a range of 180 km on Friday, official sources said. The missile can carry nuclear and conventional warheads to the target. The test-fire was conducted at an undisclosed location and it witnessed by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee...

The US has slapped sanctions on seven Pakistani entities associated with the country's missile programme, a media report said today.

Pakistan has a nuclear stockpile of between 130 and 140 nuclear warheads, according to a group of American scientists, whosetally is partially based on close scrutiny of satellite images and matches other recent estimates.

A roadside bombing in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border killed nine paramilitary troops on Thursday while another soldier died in an attack further south, the army said. The Pakistani military, meanwhile, test-fired a ballistic missile it said could carry a nuclear warhead, an exercise meant to showcase the nuclear-armed nation's capabil...

The Pakistani military says it has successfully test-launched an upgraded intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. The military said in a statement on Wednesday that the missile was an improved version of the Shaheen 1 with a longer range. The Shaheen 1 is believed to have a range of 750 kilometers (465 miles). ...

Pakistan successfully test-fired a short range surface to surface ballistic missile, HATF II (Abdali), with a range of 180 km on Friday, official sources said. The missile can carry nuclear and conventional warheads to the target. The test-fire was conducted at an undisclosed location and it witnessed by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee...