Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06ISLAMABAD7537
2006-04-28 11:01:00
SECRET
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:
BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST NOTIFICATION
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S E C R E T ISLAMABAD 007537
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
KABUL - PLEASE PASS TO CFC-A
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/28/2016
TAGS: KNNP MCAP PK PREL
SUBJECT: BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST NOTIFICATION
REF: IIR 6 873 02XX 06
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Peter W. Bodde,
Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
S E C R E T ISLAMABAD 007537
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
KABUL - PLEASE PASS TO CFC-A
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/28/2016
TAGS: KNNP MCAP PK PREL
SUBJECT: BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST NOTIFICATION
REF: IIR 6 873 02XX 06
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Peter W. Bodde,
Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (S) On April 28, 2005, MFA Disarmament Cell Director
Muhammad Kamran Akhtar notified poloff that Pakistan would
conduct a ballistic missile test on April 29-30 over the
Arabian Sea. Akhtar said that the GOP has sent written
notification to the Government of India regarding this
missile test, per the bilateral notification agreement of
October 2005. The MFA has also advised the Governments of
Afghanistan, China and Iran of that it will conduct a
ballistic missile test on these dates.
2. (S) On April 26, 2005, the Office of Defense
Representative - Pakistan (ODRP) received notification
(reported septel) from Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Headquarters
advising of an airspace closure over the Arabian Sea due to
"a PAF operational exercise." The coordinates for that
exercise match the area described in the MFA's oral
notification to poloff.
BODDE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
KABUL - PLEASE PASS TO CFC-A
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/28/2016
TAGS: KNNP MCAP PK PREL
SUBJECT: BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST NOTIFICATION
REF: IIR 6 873 02XX 06
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Peter W. Bodde,
Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (S) On April 28, 2005, MFA Disarmament Cell Director
Muhammad Kamran Akhtar notified poloff that Pakistan would
conduct a ballistic missile test on April 29-30 over the
Arabian Sea. Akhtar said that the GOP has sent written
notification to the Government of India regarding this
missile test, per the bilateral notification agreement of
October 2005. The MFA has also advised the Governments of
Afghanistan, China and Iran of that it will conduct a
ballistic missile test on these dates.
2. (S) On April 26, 2005, the Office of Defense
Representative - Pakistan (ODRP) received notification
(reported septel) from Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Headquarters
advising of an airspace closure over the Arabian Sea due to
"a PAF operational exercise." The coordinates for that
exercise match the area described in the MFA's oral
notification to poloff.
BODDE