Islamabad, Jan 24 (IANS) Pakistan has successfully conducted the training launch of short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile "Nasr", officials said on Thursday.
The newly-launched missile "will enhance the operational efficiency of Army Strategic Forces Command besides re-validating the desired technical parameters," Major General Asif Ghafoor, Director General of the Inter-Services Public relations (ISPR), the military's media wing, said on twitter.
"Nasr" is a high precision, shoot and scoot weapon system with the ability of in-flight manoeuverability.
"This weapon system has augmented full spectrum deterrence posture remaining within the precincts of policy of credible minimum deterrence, against prevailing and evolving threat spectrum more effectively," the ISPR said in a statement.
(This story has not been edited by Social News XYZ staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz