ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Tuesday successfully test-fired a short range surface-to-surface missile Hatf IX (NASR).
The test was conducted with successive launches of four salvo missiles from a state-of-the-art multi tube launcher, a press release states.
“NASR, with a range of 60 kilometres and in-flight manoeuvre capability is a quick response system, with shoot and scoot attributes. It contributes to the full spectrum deterrence against threats in view of evolving scenarios,” the statement added. The army chief along with senior defence and military officials, scientists and engineers witnessed the test. General Kayani, according to the statement, congratulated the scientists and engineers on this “outstanding achievement, which consolidates Pakistan’s deterrence capability.”