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Pakistan Test-Fires Cruise Missile

Thursday August 11, 2005 8:46 PM

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON

Associated Press Writer

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan successfully test-fired its first cruise missile on the 62nd birthday of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who hailed Thursday's launch as a move toward ``military balance'' in the region.

Archrival India declined to comment on the test of the Babur missile, which has a range of 310 miles and is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads.

Pakistan fired the missile from an undisclosed location without notifying India - just days after the two governments formalized an agreement on telling each other in advance about missile tests.

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