Pakistan has conducted a successful test launch of a surface-to-surface missile, capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 2750kms (1709 miles).

The test launch of the Shaheen-III missile was aimed at validating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system at it's maximum range.

Senior officers from the Strategic Plans Division, strategic forces, scientists and engineers of strategic organizations witnessed the launch with its impact point in the Arabian Sea.

Pakistan and India conduct missile tests regularly and inform each other in advance.

The neighbours have fought three full-scale wars since they were carved out of British India in 1947.

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