According to Pakistan’s government, an exercise on Saturday included the testing of the surface-to-surface missile known as the Abdali Weapon System, which has a range of 450 kilometers (280 miles).
The launch, according to the statement, “aims to verifying key technical parameters, such as the missile’s advanced navigation system and enhanced maneuverability features, and ensuring the operational readiness of troops.”
The tactical missile, which can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads, was named in honor of the 18th-century founder of contemporary Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Abdali, who orchestrated numerous invasions of the Indian subcontinent.
The scientists, engineers, and those responsible for the successful missile test received congratulations from Pakistan’s president Asif Ali Zardari and prime minister Shehbaz Sharif.
As part of Ex INDUS, Pakistan successfully launched the surface-to-surface missile with a range of 450 kilometers, the Abdali Weapon System.
The launch was intended to validate key technical parameters, including the… pic, while ensuring the troops’ operational readiness. Twitter.com/CHHy9djhn
Three days after Pakistan’s information minister Attaullah Tarar claimed that Islamabad had “credible intelligence” that India intended to launch a military attack in Indian-administered Kashmir in response to the killing of 25 male tourists and a Kashmiri last month.
India and Pakistan both have control over some of the Kashmir region, while asserting full control over the rest. Since their independence from British rule in 1947, they have experienced frequent spikes in tension over the issue.
Islamabad is accused of supporting the April 22 attack by suspected Kashmiri rebels in the picturesque Pahalgam region and alleges that Pakistani citizens were involved in the killings. Pakistan has denied having participed in the attack.
According to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he has promised to pursue those who had supported the attack “to the ends of the Earth” by giving his military “full operational freedom” to react.
The Indian leaders want to use the Pahalgam attack as a “false pretext,” according to Pakistani minister Tarar, adding that Pakistan might be struck by Pakistan.
According to a military statement, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, Syed Asim Munir, presided over a meeting of his top commanders on Friday regarding the “current Pakistan-India standoff.”
Munir “understood the crucial value of proactive readiness and increased vigilance across all fronts.”
India and Pakistan have exchanged diplomatic rebukes and expulsions and closed border crossings since the attack, which has been the deadliest in Kashmir civilians in years. India also halted its participation in the Pakistan-India Indus Waters Treaty of 1960.
Pakistan has threatened to suspend its participation in the 1972 Simla Agreement, which supports the LoC, while the two nuclear-armed countries have also engaged in gunfire along the militarized Line of Control (LoC), which divides Kashmir in the process.
Source: Aljazeera
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