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Pakistan today conducted a successful test of its Shaheen-1/Hatf-4 ballistic missile, with a range of 700 km. The test was described as routine, coming at the conclusion of a military training exercise. It was the first missile test by Pakistan since the first of the year, and since the December 27 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.