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Pakistan on Monday said that a launch last week of a nuclear-capable medium range missile would be followed by more tests in coming months, despite US requests to scale back its weapons programme.
"We have tested Shaheen II missile and in next few months will conduct more tests," Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf told a gathering of tribal leaders in northwest city of Peshawar, which borders Afghanistan.
The test, conducted last Tuesday, was the first of the locally-built Shaheen II or Hatf-VI missile, which can carry warheads up to 2,000 km.
Musharraf said that international community would not object to further testing by Pakistan.
"The world is not going to stop
us because this is a question of our national prestige," he said.
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