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Pakistani Nuclear tipped Missiles: A Threat to India

Pakistan is considered as a country having 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 it’s arch rival, India. These missiles serves a symbol of deterrence. Combination of these missiles with nuclear warheads have a 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



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


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
 
Pakistan’s missile arsenal forms an important part of its defense strategy for offsetting the significant conventional military advantages of its main rival, India. Pakistan’s arsenal consists primarily of mobile short- and medium-range ballistic missiles, but it is also making strides in its cruise missile capability.

Pakistan’s combined strategic forces allows it to target almost any point in India, and its leadership is now developing more advanced technologies such as multiple independent reentry vehicles (MIRV) to complicate India’s emerging missile defense efforts.

Pakistan has received significant technical assistance from China on its nuclear and missile programs, and evidence also strongly indicates close cooperation with both North Korea and Iran on the development and proliferation of these systems.

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Missiles​



Missile NameClassRangeStatus
AbabeelMRBM2,200 kmIn development
Abdali (Hatf 2)SRBM180 - 200 kmOperational
Babur (Hatf 7)Cruise Missile350 - 700 kmOperational
ExocetASCM40 - 180 kmOperational
Hatf 5 "Ghauri"MRBM1,250 - 1,500 kmOperational
Ghaznavi (Hatf 3)SRBM290 kmOperational
Hatf 1SRBM70 - 100 kmOperational
Nasr (Hatf 9)SRBM70 kmIn service
Ra’ad (Hatf 8)Cruise Missile350 kmIn development
Shaheen 1 (Hatf 4)SRBM750 - 900 kmOperational
Shaheen 2 (Hatf 6)MRBM1,500 - 2,000 kmOperational
Shaheen 3MRBM2,750 kmIn development
 

Pakistan conducts second missile test since renewed India standoff
AFP Islamabad
Published: 05 May 2025, 18: 47

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A villager walks through a wheat field during a government organised trip for media to a village near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan administered Kashmir on 5 May 2025. AFP

The Pakistan military said on Monday it had conducted a second missile test since a fresh stand-off with India over the disputed region of Kashmir.

New Delhi has blamed Islamabad for backing a deadly attack on tourists on the Indian side of the divided territory last month, sparking a series of heated threats and diplomatic tit-for-tat measures.

The missile test comes as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was in Islamabad on Monday for talks with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, before heading to New Delhi later this week.

Araghchi will be the first senior foreign diplomat to visit both countries, after Iran offered to mediate between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

"We do not want tensions to develop in this region and we will spare no effort to help de-escalate the situation between the two countries," Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said.

The Pakistan military tested a surface-to-surface missile with a range of 120 kilometres (75 miles), according to Monday's statement.

"The launch was aimed at ensuring the operational readiness of troops and validating key technical parameters, including the missile's advanced navigation system and enhanced accuracy," the military said.

On Saturday, the military said it had tested a surface-to-surface missile with a range of 450 kilometres.

It did not say where either of the tests took place.

Sharif said he was satisfied with the military's "full preparedness for national defence".

"The successful training launch clearly shows that Pakistan's defence is in strong hands," he said in a statement.

Calls to de-escalate

Muslim-majority Kashmir, a region of around 15 million people, is divided between Pakistan and India but claimed in full by both.

No group has claimed responsibility for the April 22 attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people, but rebels in the Muslim-majority region have waged an insurgency since 1989.

Pakistan has denied any involvement and called for an independent probe.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said last week he has given his military "full operational freedom" to respond and Islamabad has warned it will respond with force to any aggression.

International pressure has been piled on both New Delhi and Islamabad -- who have fought several wars over the disputed Kashmir region -- to de-escalate.

US Vice President JD Vance has called on India to respond to the attack in a way "that doesn't lead to a broader regional conflict".

In an interview with Fox News, he also urged Pakistan to "make sure that the terrorists sometimes operating in their territory are hunted down and dealt with".

Russia called for de-escalation between the two countries, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov telling reporters on Monday that Moscow was "following with great concern the atmosphere that has developed on the border".

"Pakistan is presenting its case to friendly countries," Information Minister Attaullah Tarar told reporters on a visit to Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Monday.

The two sides have exchanged nightly gunfire for more than a week along the militarised Line of Control, the de facto border, according to Indian defence sources.

In Indian-run Kashmir, a vast manhunt seeking the gunmen continues across the territory, while those living along the frontier are moving further away -- or cleaning out bunkers fearing conflict.

On the Pakistani side, emergency drills have been carried out on playing fields, residents have been told to stock up on food and medicine, and religious schools have been closed.

Sharif has postponed an official visit to Malaysia scheduled for Friday, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday.​
 

Pakistan to create military force to supervise missiles after India conflict

REUTERS
Published :
Aug 14, 2025 16:59
Updated :
Aug 14, 2025 16:59

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A Pakistani flag flutters over iron scaffoldings as a labourer works at a construction site on the eve of Pakistan's Independence Day celebrations, in Lahore, Pakistan August 13, 2025. Photo : REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/Files

Pakistan will create a new force in the military to supervise missile combat capabilities in a conventional conflict, apparently a move to match neighbouring arch-rival India.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced the creation of the Army Rocket Force late Wednesday at a ceremony held in Islamabad to commemorate the conflict with India in May, the worst in decades.

The ceremony was held a day ahead of Pakistan's 78th Independence Day.

The force "will be equipped with modern technology," Sharif said in a statement from his office.

"This force, capable of targeting the enemy from all sides, will prove to be yet another milestone with regard to further strengthening our conventional war capability," he said later in a speech broadcast on Thursday by local TV news channels.

He did not give any further details.

A senior security official, however, said that the force would have its own command in the military which will be dedicated to handling and deployment of missiles in any event of a conventional war.

"It is obvious that it is meant for India," he said.

The two nuclear-armed nations have kept upgrading their military capabilities, fuelling a longstanding rivalry since their independence from British rule in 1947.

Tension between the two countries soared in April over the killing of 26 civilians in Indian Kashmir, an attack New Delhi blamed on Islamabad. Pakistan denied involvement.

A conflict erupted in May that saw both sides using missiles, drones and fighter jets, before it ended with a cease-fire announcement by US President Donald Trump.​
 

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