Pakistan has launched a missile that is understood to be capable of hitting India, in its final test of medium-range missiles.
The medium-range, surface-to-surface Hatf-4, also known as the Shaheen-1, was successfully test fired from an undisclosed location. The missile has a range of 435 miles.
A government official at Pakistan's main nuclear facility said experts are now working to upgrade longer-range missiles.
It was not immediately clear when those missiles will be test-fired because "the time for all such tests is always chosen by the government," he said.
Media reports have said that a long-range Shaheen-2 missile would be tested in coming days. The missile has a range of some 1,200 miles and has never been test-fired.
Pakistan began the series of missile tests on October 3rd by test-firing a short-range Hatf-3 Ghaznavi missile, which had a range of 180 miles. It fired another Hatf-4 on October 8th.
Pakistan has said these tests are part of a series conducted to validate the design parameters of various missile systems.
The latest series of tests was the first since March. Islamabad has insisted the test launches have nothing to do with simmering tensions with India
AP