Pakistan tests first cruise missile

[justinsb]

Pakistan tests first cruise missile

Pakistan has test fired its first cruise missile, capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads.

The missile, Hatf VII Babur, has a range of 500km, and was fired early on Thursday. The launch site was not disclosed.

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

The Foreign Ministry said Pakistan did not inform India, as an agreement formalised between the two countries over the weekend in New Delhi on pre-notification of missile tests did not cover cruise missiles.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8B4C2DD8-169F-440E-AD2A-9A00EFC48853.htm

[Zenlitened]

1. "By the grace of Allah..."

:scared:

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Wonderful. I really think it'll be Pakistan and India who start

the "nucular world war".

[Zenlitened]

3. They've come VERY close before.

I think it was back in 2002, they were toe-to-toe, really seeming on the brink of launching nukes. There was a world-wide diplomatic scramble to get both sides to cool it. But I don't think most people are aware of how close we came to an India-Pakistan nuclear exchange. Scary stuff.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Yep. that's why I think it will be them. I mean we're gonna drop mini

nukes during the shock and awe of Iran, but it'll be those two that really go all out I think.

[jbane]

5. Musharif gets whacked by the Islamacrazies...

Bin Laden has the bomb AND the means to deliver it.
Pakistan is the shark we jumped.