Pak test-fires cruise missile

The military says it has extended the range of the missile, first tested in 2005, to 700 kms8212;enough to reach New Delhi, the capital of archrival India.

President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz congratulated the scientists and engineers involved in the project, the statement said. However, it didn8217;t identify the site of the test.

Pakistan routinely tests various nuclear-capable missiles in its arsenal, believed to be designed mainly to match that of neighbouring India.

Thursday8217;s test was the second of the Babur model this year. In February, Pakistan test-fired a new version of its long-range nuclear-capable missile, Hatf VI or Shaheen II, which has a range of 2,000 kms.