On Monday, Pakistan’s Army Strategic Forces Command test fired a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear payload. The Pakistani Military released a statement confirming the successful launch of the Ghauri Hatf 5, which has a range of 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) and is capable of carrying conventional or nuclear payloads. Senior military personnel and political figures, including Pakistani Prime Minister Yousef Gilani, were on hand to witness the missile test. After the successful launch, Prime Minister Gilani thanked Pakistani scientists for their hard work and affirmed that today’s launch, “sends the right signals internationally that Pakistan’s defense capability is impregnable and should never be challenged.”[5]