Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable missile

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ISLAMABAD,Dec 21 (AFP): Pakistan Tuesday successfully test fired a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads, the military said.
The military said in a statement that Ghauri Hatf 5, with a range of 1,300 kilometres (800 miles), could carry conventional and other warheads.
The launch was conducted by the Army Strategic Force command's strategic missile group at the end of a field-training exercise aimed at testing the force's operational readiness, the statement said.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee chairman General Khalid Shahmeem Wyne and other senior military officers and scientists witnessed the tests, it said.