The Ghauri-III (

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surface-to-surface A surface-to-surface missile (SSM) or ground-to-ground missile (GGM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea and strike targets on land or at sea. They may be fired from hand-held or vehicle mounted devices, from fixed ins ...

intermediate range

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in a response to India's

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missile. Development began in KRL as primarily based on multistage

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with a planned stage of range of over 3,000 km (1,864.1 mi). The program was scaled down in 2004 which eventually led to its full termination. Results of the program remains classified and no production is believed to have been undertaken.

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also allegedly pursued another ballistic missile called Tipu missile having range 4000 km however no information was revealed. 2004 to 2019 KRL also developed Ghauri-4 and Ghauri-5 LRBM missiles.

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The KRL pursued the development on

rocket system, which resulted in development of ''

Ghauri-I The Ghauri–I ( ur, غوری-ا; official codename: Hatf–V Ghauri–I) is a land-based surface-to-surface medium-range ballistic missile, in current service with the Pakistan Army's Strategic Forces Command— a subordinate command of Strat ...

'' and ''

Ghauri-II The Ghauri-II (Urdu:غوری-اا; official codename: Hatf–VA Ghauri–II), is a Pakistani surface-to-surface medium range guided ballistic missile designed and developed by the Khan Research Laboratories. It is a single-stage liquid fuel m ...

''. The ''Ghauri'' program owes its existence largely to the efforts of Dr.

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who secured its funding from the

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. The ''Ghauri'' program was aggressively pursued along with the Shaheen program to reach as far as eastern region of India. As like Shaheen program, ''Ghauri'' also shrouded in

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where information regarding the existence of the program relied heavily on the reports of

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. Very little details were made public, ''Ghauri'' was presumed to be road mobile, being transported and launched by a

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. The warhead was believed to be HE/ NE which was to be guided by an IGS system. In May 2004, it was rumored that the missile system would take its first

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in June of that year. However, no test occurred and speculations continued. Similarly in 2009, it was again reported that the missile system would be taking its first

in August of that year but again no test took place."Pakistan to Test-Fire Ghauri III Missile in October — Daily," BBC Monitoring International Reports, 30 August 2004; in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, 30 August 2004, web.lexis-nexis.com The program was eventually scaled down and it remains to be classified until the existence of the program was made public by dr.

's memoir published on 28 May 2011. Development on ''Ghauri'' program was completed around 50% but the funding for the program was halted in 2004. Although Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan held

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responsible for capping the program, on the other hand, the Shaheen program continued to progress well. In contrast to liquid-fuel systems that have less advantage in comparison to solid-fuel rockets. In 2015, the

Shaheen-III The Shaheen-III (Urdu: ; lit. ''White Falcon-III'') is a Pakistani land-based surface-to-surface medium range ballistic missile, which was test fired for the first time by military service on 9 March 2015. Development began in secrecy in the ear ...

was eventually revealed and successfully landed in

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References

External links

FAS.org news report - Ghauri-III engine trials completed

MissileThreat.com article on Ghauri-3
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghauri-Iii Ballistic missiles of Pakistan Weapons of Pakistan Space launch vehicles of Pakistan History of science and technology in Pakistan

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