Photo: #In this photo released by Pakistan Ministry of Defense, Vice chief of Army Staff, General Ahsan Saleem Hyat along with officers and scientists stand in front of Pakistan's Pakistan-made short-range, nuclear-capable missile December 8, 2004 from an undisclosed location in Pakistan. According to the government, the Hatf-IV (Shaheen-1) missile can hit targets up to 700 kilometers (437 miles), well inside their arch-rival India.
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In this photo released by Pakistan Ministry of Defense, Vice chief of Army Staff, General Ahsan Saleem Hyat along with officers and scientists stand in front of Pakistan's Pakistan-made short-range, nuclear-capable missile December 8, 2004 from an undisclosed location in Pakistan. According to the government, the Hatf-IV (Shaheen-1) missile can hit targets up to 700 kilometers (437 miles), well inside their arch-rival India. (Photo by Pakistan Ministry of Defense via Getty Images)

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