Via Al Jazeera -
Pakistan has successfully test fired a new air-launched cruise missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the military said on Saturday.
A statement said the Ra'ad weapon "has been designed exclusively for launch from a variety of Pakistan's air platforms, providing these with a strategic stand-off capability on land and at sea."
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, and Shaukat Aziz, prime minister, congratulated those involved in designing the new weapon, the statement continued.
"Pakistan's defence will continue to be strengthened as an imperative of national security," the two leaders were quoted as saying.
The military said the new missile, which has a range of 350km and uses stealth technology, is as accurate as Pakistan's longer-range Babur cruise missile, a version of which was test fired in July.
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Chinese media is reporting that the missile is a Hatf-8 type Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) named Raad, which means "Thunder". See video of the test launch at Chinaview.cn
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