US EditionPakistan test fires ballistic missile as tensions with India spike after Kashmir gun massacre
- Pakistan successfully test-fired the Abdali surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a 450 km range on Saturday amid rising regional tensions.
- This launch followed escalating hostility after the deadly April 22 Pahalgam attack, which killed 26 civilians and raised accusations between India and Pakistan.
- The test aimed to ensure troop readiness and validate technical features like the missile's advanced navigation and maneuverability as part of Exercise INDUS.
- India called the missile test a "reckless act of provocation," while Pakistani leaders expressed complete trust in their armed forces' operational preparedness.
- The missile launch signals a potential escalation in India-Pakistan tensions, already heightened by exchanges of fire, diplomatic expulsions, and border closures.
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Pakistan tests missile, India orders drills amid Kashmir standoff - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
ISLAMABAD/BELA NOOR SHAH, Pakistan — Pakistan carried out a second missile test in three days on Monday and India said it ordered several states to conduct security drills, as fears mounted the neighbours could be heading to a confrontation over a deadly attack in Kashmir.
The country temporarily overcomes its deep divisions and closes ranks in the face of the risk of war, following the attack on 22 April in Kashmir.
Pakistan, which is in two tensions with India, carried out a second missile test shot in one month, and New Delhi ordered civil defence exercises in case of "an attack".
The current scaled is the last chapter of a long dispute between the two nuclear powers
India, Pakistan continue to flex military might after deadly tourist attack
A massacre in Indian-controlled Kashmir that has heightened fears of a conflict between India and Pakistan. Both countries have test-fired missiles in recent days, with diplomats from several other countries reaching out to urge the nuclear-armed rivals to exercise restraint.
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