Xinhua – English — Maybe they should use it on themselves since the middle of the country seems to be renegade.

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 11 (Xinhuanet) — Pakistan early Thursday successfully test-fired a ground launched cruise missile which cancarry both nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 500 kilometers “with pinpoint accuracy,” said the military in a press release.

By conducting the successful test of the Hatf VII Babur missile,Pakistan has joined a select group of countries which have the capability to design and develop cruise missiles.

Babur is designed and developed by an elite team of scientists and engineers of Pakistan’s strategic organizations, said the military, adding all design parameters for the test flight were validated.

The cruise missile is a terrain hugging missile and it has the most advanced and modern navigation and guidance system and a high degree of maneuverability. The technology enables the missile to avoid radar detection and penetrate undetected through any hostile defensive system.

According to the Age:

The missile, named Babur, has a range of 500 kilometres.

The launch site was not disclosed.

“By the grace of Allah, all design parameters for the flight were validated,” a military statement said.

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