Pakistan Friday conducted a successful training launch of Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) Ghauri (Hatf-V), having a range of 1,300 kilometers, at an undisclosed location, said an official statement. A Strategic Missile Group (SMG) of Pakistan Army's Strategic Force Command (ASFC) conducted the training launch of the missile. The field launch exercise of ASFC was witnessed by President Pervez Musharraf, Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, senior military officers and scientists. The launch was conducted at the conclusion of annual field training exercises of Ghauri Missile Group. ASFC is currently engaged in its winter collective training, wherein, every operationalised SMG is practiced in tactical and live firing exercises. Shaheen-I SMG had also conducted a training launch recently. --MORE
