Pak-Indian Arms race

Top Five weapons supplier Top Five weapons Importers

# Country # Country
1. United States 1. India

2. Russia 2. China

3. Germany 3. Pakistan

4. China 4. United Arab Emirates (UAE)

5. France 5. Saudi Arabia.

List of Pakistani missiles

# Missile Name Missile Range
Type
Abdali Missile Series
1. Abdali I 100 Km
2. Abdali II 180 Km
Ghaznavi Missile Series
3. Ghaznavi 290 Km
M-11 Missile
4. M-11 Missile 700 Km
Ghauri Missile Series
5. Ghauri I 1500 Km
6. Ghauri II 2300 Km
7. Ghauri III 3500 Km
Shaheen Missile Series
8. Shaheen I 750 Km
9. Shaheen II 2500 Km
10. Shaheen III 4000 Km
Ra'ad Missile
11. Ra'ad Missile 350 Km

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 Babar Missile Series
12. Babar I 700 Km
13. Babar II 880 Km
14. Babar III 1500 Km

Pakistani Missiles by types

Battlefield Range Ballistic Missiles (BRBM)
1. Hatf I Maximum range: Subsonic Battlefield 70 km Surface to
Payload: 500 kg (1,100 lb), Range Ballistic (43 mi) Surface
unguided. Missile (Brbm) to 100
Hatf is an Arabic word meaning km
"Deadly" or "Vengeance". The
name comes from the sword of
Muhammed, Al-Hataf.
2. Subsonic Battlefield 100 km
Hatf IA Payload: 500 kg Range Ballistic (62 mi)
(1,100 lb), unguided. Missile (Brbm)
3. Subsonic Battlefield 100 km
Hatf IB Payload: 500 kg Range Ballistic (62 mi)
(1,100 lb) with inertial navigation Missile (Brbm)
system.
4. Subsonic Battlefield 900 km
Hatf IV Payload: 1,000 kg Range Ballistic (560 mi)
(2,200 lb) with inertial navigation Missile (Brbm)
system.
5. Abdali-I (Codename: Hatf-II; Supersonic Short- 180 km.
named after the Pashtun king Range Ballistic Accuracy
Ahmad Shah Abdali, the founder of Missile (Srbm) of 15 m
the Durrani Empire) Developed by CEP
SUPARCO
6. Hatf IX ("Vengeance IX") Solid Fuelled Tactical 60 km
or Nasr Ballistic Missile (37.3 mi
Developed by Pakistan's National System )
Development Complex (NDC).
Pakistan's Inter Services Public
referred it as a "Multi Tube
Ballistic Missile" because the
launch vehicle carries multiple
missiles.

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 Short Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBM)
7. Hatf-III named Ghaznavi Short Range Ballistic 290 km
Missile Missile (SRBM)
Named after the 11th century
Muslim Turkic conqueror Mahmu
d of Ghaznavi.
8. Abdali-II Short Range Ballistic 180
Missile (SRBM) Km
9. Dongfeng or DF Short Range Ballistic 550
Literally meaning "East Wind") Missile (SRBM)
missile is a series of intermediate
and intercontinental ballistic
missiles operated by China.
Medium Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBM)
10. Hatf 5 or Ghauri-I Medium Range 1,500 km
Developed by Khan Research Ballistic Missiles
Laboratories of Pakistan. (MRBM)
11. Shaheen-I Medium Range 750 km or
Developed by the joint venture Ballistic Missiles (900)
of NESCOM and National (MRBM) Accuracy:
Defence Complex (NDC). Named (Shaheen I can 25 to 50
after a Falcon found Pak. deliver either a m CEP
Shaheen I and Shaheen IA are conventional or a
Pakistan's equivalent to the nuclear payload
United States Pershing I and much faster than
Pershing IA series. liquid fuelled missiles
such as the Ghauri
because it does not
need to be fuelled
before launch,
reducing deployment
time significantly.)
12. Shaheen-IA Medium Range
Ballistic Missiles
(MRBM)
13. Ghauri-II Medium Range 2,000 km
Developed by Khan Research Ballistic Missiles (1,200 mi)
Laboratories (MRBM)
14. Shaheen-II Medium Range 2,500 km
Developed by NESCOM's & Ballistic Missiles accuracy
National Defence Complex (NDC) (MRBM) of 350

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 of Pakistan. The missile is m CEP
considered to be Pakistan's
equivalent to the US Pershing II.
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM)
15. Ghauri-III Intermediate Range 3500
Ballistic Missiles Km
(IRBM)
16. Shaheen-III Intermediate Range 4000
Ballistic Missiles Km
(IRBM)
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)
17. Taimur Intercontinental 7,000
(Under development) Ballistic Missile km
(ICBM)
Cruise Missiles
18. Babur 700 km Ground-
Named after the first Mughal (430 mi) based tran
Emperor Zahir ud-Din Babur. sporter
Designated Hatf VII, is the erector
first land attack cruise missile to launchers,
be developed by Pakistan. warships a
Developed by: National Defence nd submar
Complex (NDC) ines,
19. Ra'ad 350 km Air to
Meaning Thunder surface.
Developed by: Air Weapons Used by
Complex (AWC) jets
Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM)
20. Baktar-Shikan
Developed by: Kahuta Research
Laboratories.
Copied from HJ-8 or Hongjian-8
under license from China
Air-to-Surface Missiles
21. H-4 SOW Precision-Guided Gli 120 km
(Stand-Off Weapon) de Bomb
Developed by: National
Engineering and Scientific
Commission NESCOM
22. Ra'ad (Hatf VIII) 350 km

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 Developed by: Air Weapons
Complex (AWC)
Surface-to-Air Missiles
23. Anza Mk-I 1,200 m
Kahuta Research Laboratories to 4,200
(KRL) m
24. Anza Mk-II 500 m to
Kahuta Research Laboratories 5,000 m
(KRL)
25. Anza Mk-III 6,000 m
Kahuta Research Laboratories
(KRL)

Indian Missiles (Important only)

# Missile Name Missile Range
Type
Prithvi Series
15. Prithvi-I 150 km
16. Prithvi-II 250- 350 km
17. Prithvi-III 350 600 km
Agni Series
18. Agni-I MRBM 700- 1,200 km
19. Agni-II IRBM 2,000-2,500 k
m
20. Agni-III IRBM 3,000-
5,000 km
21. Agni-IV IRBM 2,500- 3,700
km
22. Agni-V ICBM 7,000 km
Developed by: Defence
Research and Development
Organization (DRDO)
23. Agni-VI ICBM 8,000
10,000 km

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 Pakistans Nuclear Arsenals
Pakistan has one of the worlds most sophisticated and formidable indigenous missile
weapon systems programe. Pakistan has received technological assistance from China in
the development of the Hatf and from North Korea in the development of the Ghauri.
However to call these Chinese or North Korean missiles is to fail to understand the
indigenous capability of Pakistans programme. For neither the M-11 nor the No Dong-2
were bought as operational missiles, Pakistan merely received specimen guidance and
propulsion systems of these missiles. The actual missiles were developed in Pakistan
using Pakistani materials, Pakistani factories and Pakistani fuel as well as Pakistani
manpower. The M-11 or the No Dong were never received by Pakistan. Only the
technological information such as the engineering plans and guidance systems were
received from which Pakistan developed its own missiles. The missile assistance from
both China & North Korea was stopped in 1999. Pakistan is not receiving any missile-
related technology from any country. Pakistan is now self sufficient in the development
of surface to surface ballistic missiles and has a very advanced research, development &
production facilities. In effect Pakistans missile technology has now surpassed that of
North Korea.

A brief summary of the missiles is as follow:

The National Defence Complex is responsible for the production of missiles.

Hatf I: This is a conventional (non-Nuclear) Battlefield Short Range Ballistic Missile,

which has a range of 80km and can carry a payload of 500kg, in service with Pak Army.

Hatf 1A: This is an upgrade of the above missile, again, it a conventional (non-Nuclear)
Battlefield Short Range surface to surface Ballistic Missile, which has a range of 100km
and can carry a payload of 500kg. It was flight tested in 2000 and is now in production.

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Hatf II: This is a Short Range Missile that has a single stage solid fuel rocket, it is of
conventional type (non-Nuclear) and has a range of 200km. It can carry a payload of
500kg. It was test fired in 2002 and in March 2011. It is now in service with Pak Army.

Hatf III: This is a Short Range Ballistic Missile that has a single stage solid fuel rocket.
It has a range of 300km and can carry a payload of 500kg. This is also of conventional
type (Non-Nuclear). This missile was first test fired in May 2002, and tested in 2003,
November 2004 and again in December 2006. It was handed over for operational use to
Pak Army on 22 February 2004.

Hatf IV/ Shaheen I: This is a single stage solid fuel Medium Range Ballistic Missile, it
was test flown in 1999 and has a range of 750km that can carry a payload of 1,000kg. It
is also capable of carrying a nuclear device. It was handed over to the Pak Army in
March 2003 and therefore, is now production & in service with Pak Army. It was
successfully test fired again on 8 December 2004.

Hatf IV/ Shaheen 1A: As Shaheen 1, this is an intermediate range ballistic

missile. It is upgraded version of Shaheen 1 and has a longer range. Shaheen 1A
was successfully test fired on 25 April 2012. The missiles impact point was in
the Indian Ocean.

ShaheenII: This is a 2 stage solid fuel Medium Range Ballistic missile, with the range
of 2000km it is capable of carrying a 1000kg payload. It is nuclear capable and was test
fired on 9 March 2004, 29 April 2006 and February 2007.

Hatf V/ Ghauri I: This is also a nuclear capable Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
that has a range of 1300km and can carry a payload of 700kg. It was test fired in 1998
and is now in production. Its performance was checked on 29 May, 4 June, October
2004 and December 2010, when it was successfully test fired in field exercises by the
Strategic Missile Group of Pak Army.

Hatf VI/ Ghauri II: This is a two stage liquid fuel Medium Range Ballistic Missile that
has a range of 2000 to 2300km and can carry a payload of 1,000kg. It is also nuclear
capable and was test fired in1999 and is now in production.With the range of this
missile all of India would be within the reach of Pakistani missiles.
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 Ghauri III/ Abdali: With the expected range of 3,000km, this is a 2
stage liquid fuel Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile, this nuclear
capable missile was successfully test fired on 27 March 2003. With the
range of this missile all of India would be within the reach of Pakistani
missiles.

Ghaznavi: Thi s is also a nuclear capable Intermediate Range Ballistic

Missile with expected range of 2,500km. It is at the research &
development stage and its details are not known.With the range of this missile all of
India would be within the reach of Pakistani missiles.

All of the above missiles are surface to surface missiles.

Hatf VII/Babur: : Babur is a Cruise missile, which initially had a range of 500Km
which has been increased to 700Km, it is capable of carrying 500Kg of conventional or
nuclear payload, mostly at sub-sonic speeds. Babur employs a solid rocket booster for
launching before discarding it and transitioning to forward flight with pop-out wings,
the power is then provided by a small jet engine. It is designed (as are all cruise missiles)
to fly at low altitude and is difficult to detect. The ground launched Babur was
successfully test fired on 11 August 2005, again in March 2007, on 26 July 2007, 11
December 2007, 10 February 2011, 28 October 2011and again on 5 June 2012. The last
test firing was on 17 September 2012. There are plans to build the aircraft and
submarine launched versions. It is now in production.
In 1998, when the US Navy ships fired a numerous Boeing BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise
missiles into Afghanistan from the Indian Ocean, a number of these landed in Pakistan
and at least two remained unexploded. It is alleged that Pakistan Military personnel
retrieved those and hence project 828 was started the following year, to develop a
Pakistani cruise missile. This is probably the reason why the Babur resembles
Tomahawk. It would be improper to say that Babur is simply a copy of Tomahawk, the
Tomahawk has provided the platform on which Pakistani scientist and engineers

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designed and built a completely new system.
Babur is purely a Pakistans indigenous effort whereas Indias cruise missile Brahmos
which has a range of 300Km, was built with Russian help. Furthermore, it took India
much longer to develop the Brahmos than Pakistans sole effort of Babur.

Hatf IX (Nasr): This is a short range surface to surface, multi-tube ballistic missile,
it has a range of 60 Km and has shoot and scoot attributes. The first flight of Hatf IX
(Nasr) was successfully conducted on 18 April 2011. The NASR Weapon System provides
Pakistan with short range ballistic missile capability. It was successfully test fired on 29
May 2012.