Pak test fires nuclear capable short-range missile

Islamabad, Apr 19 (PTI) Pakistan on Tuesday test fired a
newly developed short-range surface-to-surface missile capable
of carrying a nuclear warhead, the military said.
The Hatf-9 missile, with a range of 60 km, can "carry
nuclear warheads of appropriate yield with high accuracy", the
military said in a statement.
The "multi-tube ballistic missile" system had been
developed to add "deterrence value to Pakistan's strategic
weapons development programme at shorter ranges", it said.
"This quick response system addresses the need to
deter evolving threats," it said, adding that the missile
test, conducted at an undisclosed location, was successful.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf
Raza Gilani congratulated military scientists and engineers on
the missile test.
Pakistan routinely tests what it claims are
indigenously developed missiles capable of carrying nuclear
warheads, with its arsenal including short, medium and
long-range missiles.