Pakistani Nuclear Tipped Missiles: A Threat to India
Pakistan is considered a country having the most sophisticated missile technology in the world. Starting from Hatf-IV, which is a short-range missile, to Babur-III Submarine Launch Cruise Missile, Pakistani missiles are a continuous threat to its arch-rival, India. These missiles serve as a symbol of deterrence. A combination of these missiles with nuclear warheads has the capability to strike deep inside India.
Here a list of all nuclear-tipped missiles is given:
Hatf-I
- Type: Short-range ballistic missile
- Launch Platform: transport erector launcher (TEL)
- Range: 80-100 Kilometers
- Warhead: 500 kilograms
- Fuel: solid
- Stage: single
- Origin: SUPARCO
Hatf-II (Abdali)
- Type: Short-range ballistic missile
- Launch Platform: transport erector launcher (TEL)
- Range: 180 Kilometers
- Warhead: 450 kilograms
- Fuel: solid
- Stage: single
- Origin: SUPARCO & NESCOM
Hatf-III (Ghaznavi)
- Type: Short-range ballistic missile
- Launch platform:
- Range: 290 kilometers
- Warhead: 700 kilograms
- Launch weight: 4650 kilograms
- Fuel: solid
- Origin: PMO & NESCOM
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Hatf-IV (Shaheen-I)
- Type: Short-range ballistic missile
- Range: 750 kilometers
- Warhead: 850 kilograms
- Fuel: Solid
- Origin: NDC & NESCOM
Hatf-IV (Shaheen-IA)
- Type: medium-range ballistic missile
- Range: 900 kilometers
- Warhead: 700-1000 kilograms
- Fuel: Solid
- Origin: NDC & NESCOM
Hatf-V (Ghauri)
- Type: Medium-range ballistic missile
- Range: 1300 kilometers
- Launch Platform: Transport Erecter Launcher (TEL)
- Warhead: 700 kilograms (Conventional/Nuclear)
- Fuel: liquid
- Stage: single stage
- CEP: Below 100 meters
- Origin: KRL & NESCOM
Hatf-VI (Shaheen-II)
- Type: Medium-range ballistic missile
- Range: 1500 kilometers
- Origin: NESCOM & NDC
- Fuel: solid
- Stage: 2 stages
Shaheen-III
- Type: Medium-range ballistic missile
- Range: 2750 Kilometers
- Fuel: solid
Babur-1A
- Type: Ground Launch Cruise Missile
- Range: 450 kilometers
- Fuel: solid
- Origin: NDC & NESCOM
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Babur-III
- Type: Submarine Launched Cruise Missile
- Launch Platform: Agosta 90-B (Khalid-class submarines)
- Range: 450 kilometers
- Fuel: solid
Hatf-VIII (Raad-II)
- Type: Air Launch Cruise Missile
- Launch Platform: Mirage-III
- Range: 600 Kilometers
- Warhead: 500 Kilograms
- Length: 4.85 meters
- Fuel: solid
- Origin: NDC & AWC & NESCOM
Hatf-IX (Nasr)
- Type: Battlefield range ballistic missile
- Launch Platform: Transport Erector Launcher (TEL)
- Range: 70 Kilometers
- Warhead: Nuclear & Conventional
- Fuel: solid
- Origin: NESCOM
Umair Aslam is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Global Defense Insight. He has worked as a defense journalist reporting on military modernization programs, defense industry, arms procurement, and emerging technologies.
