"The test flight
was intended to re-validate specific design and technical aspects of the
missile system," the army explained in a statement.
Lieutenant General
Nadeem Zaki Manj, Director General Strategic Plans Division; Lieutenant General
Muhammad Ali, Commander Army Strategic Forces Command; and strategic
organisations' scientists and engineers witnessed the test.
The armed services
successfully tested the nuclear-capable Shaheen 1-A medium-range ballistic missile
in March. It had a 900-kilometre range.
The Shaheen-I is planned
and built together by NESCOM and the National Defence Complex (NDC).
