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Pakistan says it has successfully tested a ballistic missile with the capability of carrying nuclear warheads and conventional within 2,750 kilometers. The officials military said the trial was the first time they do with the distance range. In a statement, the military media said the missile test 'Shaheen-III' was intended to validate "A variety of design and technical parameters of weapons systems to the maximum possible."
Officials Senior of the Strategic Planning Division, which led the country's nuclear weapons system, watch "The successful launch of the points fall in the Arabian Sea," calling it a major step to strengthen Pakistan's deterrence capability against any military aggression from anywhere. The statement was came a day after Pakistan's prime minister adviser for national security and foreign policy, Sartaj Aziz, reiterated his country would not seek an arms race with rival India, but will maintain a strategic prevention and symmetrical and conventional balance. The balance, he said, would ensure peace and security in the region.
Pakistan and India both tested a nuclear device a few days apart in 1998. The two neighbors have fought three wars, two of which are divided Kashmir region, which remains a major source of regional tensions.
