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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan successfully tested a new air-launched cruise missile with stealth design on Saturday.
The missile, named Hatf-8 (Ra'ad), has a range of 350km and can carry all types of warheads, the military said.
"The missile has a low detection probability due to stealth design and materials," it said.
The military said the missile would give its aircraft "a strategic stand-off capability on land and at sea".
The test came a month after Pakistan tested the nuclear-capable Babur Hatf VII cruise missile, which has a range of 700km. The Babur was first testedin 2005.
The Ra'ad - which means thunder in Arabic - has an accuracy comparable to the Babur, the military said.
President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz congratulated the scientists and engineers involved in the new missile.
Nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India routinely carry out missile tests despite a peace process they launched in early 2004. The neighbours carried out nuclear weapons tests in 1998.
- Reuters
