Pakistan has successfully launched surface to surface ballistic missile 'GHAZNAVI' in mid-night of 29th August. The Ghaznavi is a short-range missile. The missile is capable to carry out atomic material with the range of 290 km.
For this testing, three routes of Karachi airspace have been closed from August 28 to 31. According to a NOTAM (notice to airmen, alerting pilots on routes) and a naval warning issued by Pakistan. The Sonmiani Flight Test Range has been activated with an upper ceiling of 26000 feet with impact in the sea. The warning has asked all ships to be cleared from the area due to incoming missile.
Islamabad also has the Ghauri and Shaheen series of medium-range ballistic missiles in its inventory with 2,750 kilometers being the longest range of the Shaheen III, and battlefield range missiles in its arsenal.
Prime Minister of Pakistan(Imran Khan) have sounded near-hysterical in their efforts to internationalize the issue after India on August 5 and 6 passed resolutions and laws to bifurcate the state of Jammu & Kashmir into two union territories and scrapped constitutional provisions giving the state special status and its permanent residents, special privileges. India has consistently maintained that this is an internal issue.
The Modi government and the diplomats said, isn’t perturbed by the missile test; Pakistan watchers in India are clear that the test is being done deliberately to attract the attention of the international community over the possibility of a nuclear conflict if Kashmir issue is not resolved the way Islamabad wants it to be. The test is also partly aimed to satisfy the bloodthirst of jihadi groups in Pakistan, which are now seeking retribution against India for repealing article 370 and 35 A in Jammu and Kashmir. “ The ballistic missile test is aimed at the domestic audience with opposition political parties slamming PM Khan for so-called letting Kashmir slip out of Pakistan’s grasp under his watch. A senior Indian diplomat said that the test is just a political message to drive home the nuclear flashpoint theory.
The Ghaznavi (Hatf–III Ghaznavi), is a hypersonic surface to a surface short-range ballistic missile. The missile was designed and developed by the National Development Complex, with the first version in service with the Pakistan Army's strategic command since 2004. The range of the missile is 290 km. It is named after the 11th-century Muslim Turkic conqueror Mahmud of Ghazni.
The length of the missile is 9.64m and diameter is 0.99 m. The launch weight of missile is 5256 kg and the missile is powered by a single-stage solid-fuel rocket motor.
For this testing, three routes of Karachi airspace have been closed from August 28 to 31. According to a NOTAM (notice to airmen, alerting pilots on routes) and a naval warning issued by Pakistan. The Sonmiani Flight Test Range has been activated with an upper ceiling of 26000 feet with impact in the sea. The warning has asked all ships to be cleared from the area due to incoming missile.
Islamabad also has the Ghauri and Shaheen series of medium-range ballistic missiles in its inventory with 2,750 kilometers being the longest range of the Shaheen III, and battlefield range missiles in its arsenal.
Prime Minister of Pakistan(Imran Khan) have sounded near-hysterical in their efforts to internationalize the issue after India on August 5 and 6 passed resolutions and laws to bifurcate the state of Jammu & Kashmir into two union territories and scrapped constitutional provisions giving the state special status and its permanent residents, special privileges. India has consistently maintained that this is an internal issue.
The Modi government and the diplomats said, isn’t perturbed by the missile test; Pakistan watchers in India are clear that the test is being done deliberately to attract the attention of the international community over the possibility of a nuclear conflict if Kashmir issue is not resolved the way Islamabad wants it to be. The test is also partly aimed to satisfy the bloodthirst of jihadi groups in Pakistan, which are now seeking retribution against India for repealing article 370 and 35 A in Jammu and Kashmir. “ The ballistic missile test is aimed at the domestic audience with opposition political parties slamming PM Khan for so-called letting Kashmir slip out of Pakistan’s grasp under his watch. A senior Indian diplomat said that the test is just a political message to drive home the nuclear flashpoint theory.
The Ghaznavi (Hatf–III Ghaznavi), is a hypersonic surface to a surface short-range ballistic missile. The missile was designed and developed by the National Development Complex, with the first version in service with the Pakistan Army's strategic command since 2004. The range of the missile is 290 km. It is named after the 11th-century Muslim Turkic conqueror Mahmud of Ghazni.
The length of the missile is 9.64m and diameter is 0.99 m. The launch weight of missile is 5256 kg and the missile is powered by a single-stage solid-fuel rocket motor.
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