Pakistan conducts missile test

Pakistan’s military said it tested a long-range missile amid rising tensions with neighbor India following an attack that killed more than two dozen people, mainly tourists, in India-controlled Kashmir, Report informs via Bloomberg.

The launch of the surface-to-surface Abdali missile was aimed at ensuring the operational readiness of troops and validating key technical parameters, the Pakistan military’s media wing said in a statement Saturday. The exercise was to test the weapon’s navigation system and maneuverability features, it added.