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Pakistan tests Shaheen-II ballistic missile as India counts election votes (VIDEO)

Pakistan has said it test-fired a ballistic missile, amid tensions with India, while also claiming i..

      Pakistan has said it test-fired a ballistic missile, amid tensions with India, while also claiming it wants peace with its rival. The statement comes as India counts election votes, with Narendra Modi expected to retain power.      

Pakistans military claims the missile is capable of delivering conventional and nuclear weapons at a range of up to 1,500 miles in a possible warning to India.

“Shaheen-II is a highly capable missile which fully meets Pakistans strategic needs towards maintenance of deterrence stability in the region,” Pakistans military said in a statement. Shaheen has been in service since 2014 and is thought to be based on a Chinese design.

Successful training launch of surface to surface ballistic missile Shaheen-II conducted. Capable of carrying both conventional & nuclear warheads upto a range of 1500 KMs. Shaheen-II fully meets Paks strat needs towards maintenance of desired deterrence stability in the region. pic.twitter.com/I9t468wxnq

— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) May 23, 2019

No mention of India was made, but the statement was given after heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, which risked escalating into a war over the disputed Kashmir region.

In February, a suicide bomb attack took place in Kashmir, killing 40 Indian paramilitary police officers. Indian jets responded by striking what New Dehli claims was a training camp for radical group Jaish-e Mohammed, which it blamed for the attack. Pakistan then launched a retaliatory strike and the two countries fought with jets, resulting in an Indian pilot being shot and captured.

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