Pakistan test-fires [nuke-capable] short-range missile

[Maddy McCall]

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan test-fired a short-range nuclear-capable missile Wednesday, the second in just over a week despite a thaw in relations with neighboring India, military officials said.

Pakistan said it had notified its neighbors it would test a Shaheen, a missile with a 435-mile range, and insisted the test would not affect ongoing talks with India.

``It will have no negative impact on our relations,'' Pakistan army spokesman Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan told The Associated Press.

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Pakistan had said it would conduct more tests after it fired a nuclear-capable, short-range Ghaznavi missile on Nov. 29. India responded with a missile test the following day.


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