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Pak constructing missile silos near Indian border: Report

Pakistan is constructing missile launch silos near its border with India and has recently moved a number of missiles towards the area, a report on Monday said, quoting US intelligence officials.

The missile launch sites are believed to be for short-range M-11s (originally obtained from China and duplicated now under the name of Hatf in Pakistan), which US intelligence agencies believe are in the process of being taken out of storage and deployed.

The officials told The Washington Times that they have learnt that five new missile launch sites are being built in eastern Pakistan and have already identified the exact location of three of the new sites.

Additionally, a convoy of some 95 trucks was spotted at a missile-storage facility in Sargodha. The trucks are believed to be for transporting missiles to areas in the northern part of the country.

Intelligence reports also indicated that Pakistan is preparing to move additional M-11 missiles from southern Pakistan to areas in the northeastern part of the country.

Pakistan's missile force is made up of several types of systems that are 'capable of striking a large number of targets in India', the report said.

A US intelligence report made public last week, the paper notes, said that India has nuclear-tipped missiles that are intended to deter Pakistan's use of nuclear missiles.

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