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{{Use Pakistani English|date=June 2013}}
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[[File:IRBM of Pakistan at IDEAS 2008.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The missile systems developed as part of the Hatf program mounted
The '''Hatf Program''' ([[Urdu]]: حتف; [[Transliteration|''Trans''.]] ''ḥāṯaʿf'', meaning: [[Aiming point|''Target'']]<ref name="
The ''Hatf
==Program overview==
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===Codenames===
The Pakistani military issued
The unofficial names, such as [[Ghauri (missile)|Ghauri]],
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| Hatf-VIII || [[Ra'ad]] || 2012 || {{small|Air Force Strategic Forces Command}} || {{air force|PAK}}
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The [[Hatf-I]] ([[English language|English tr.]]: "Target") was the first project that was developed under this program in 1987, and the system is deployed under the [[Pakistan Army]].<ref name="Pakistan Defence Consortium">{{cite web|title=Timelime of Missiles|url=http://www.pakistanidefence.com/Nuclear&Missiles/Missile_Program_Chronology.html|publisher=Pakistan Defence Consortium|access-date=22 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924063558/http://www.pakistanidefence.com/Nuclear%26Missiles/Missile_Program_Chronology.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''Hatf-I'' is a [[Battlefield range ballistic missile|battlefield range]] system developed by the [[SUPARCO|Space Research Commission]], together with the [[Khan Research Laboratories]] (KRL), oversaw the development of the first system that was seen as direct competition with Indian [[Prithvi (missile)|''Prithvi'']] system.<ref name="Pakistan Defence Consortium"/>
Despite claims of success by Pakistani administration, the Pakistani military admissions indicated that inaccuracy of the missile system that led to the shelving of the program until 2000 when it entered finally in the military service.{{rp|235-245}}<ref name="Stanford University Press, Khan, 2012" /> The Western assessments believed this system to influence directly from American and French space rockets that Space Research Commission studied as part of its original civilian space program.<ref>"Pakistan derives its first 'Hatf' missiles from foreign space rockets," The Risk Report, October 1995, p. 5</ref><ref name="Missiles of the World">{{cite web|url=http://www.missilethreat.com/missilesoftheworld/id.47/missile_detail.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008193609/http://www.missilethreat.com/missilesoftheworld/id.47/missile_detail.asp |archive-date=2007-10-08 |url-status=dead |title=MissileThreat :: Hatf 1 :: Missiles of the World |access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref> Lessons and experiences learn from the Hatf-I eventually led to the designs and development of the [[Nasr (missile)|''Nasr'']] in 2011, which is widely believed to be a delivery system for small [[tactical nuclear weapon|tactical]] [[nuclear weapon]]s.<ref name="Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control">{{cite web |date=1 October 1995 |title=Pakistan Derives its First "Hatf" Missiles from Foreign Space Rockets |url=https://www.wisconsinproject.org/pakistan-derives-its-first-hatf-missiles-from-foreign-space-rockets/ |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control}}</ref> The [[Battlefield range ballistic missile|battlefield range]] system is exclusively designed and deployed under the services of the Pakistan Army.<ref name="BBC, Pakistan Bureau" />
===Short–medium range development===
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===Cruise missile technology===
[[File:Babur cruise missile 3.jpg|thumb|250px|right|{{small|The ''Babur'' in Pakistani military markings being showcased in Karachi in 2006.}}]]Development on understanding and developing cruise missile technology began in Pakistan when India
▲Development on understanding and developing cruise missile technology began when India started its [[Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme|missile defense program]] in 1998. During the tense environment between [[Second Nawaz Sharif ministry|Sharif administration]], [[Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Vajpayee premiership]] and [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]], the development of cruise missile was started with India acquiring the [[S-300 missile system|S-300 ''Grumble'']] from [[Russia]] while attempting to negotiate with the United States to induct the [[MIM-104 Patriot|Patriot PAC-3]] to supplement its ''Grumble'' system— all of these development had adversely affected Pakistan's land-based deterrence mechanism.{{rp|388}}<ref name="Stanford University Press, Khan, 2012"/>
In 2017, Pakistan conducted a successful launch of the ''Babur-III'' missile from an underwater mobile
▲For Pakistan, it took years until [[2005 in Pakistan|2005]] to make its cruise missile program feasible when the first [[Babur (cruise missile)| ''Babur'']] (Pakistani military designation: ''Hatf-VII'') was test-fired by the army, amid surprising the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-17/pakistan/33901443_1_nuclear-capable-hatf-vii-terrain-contour | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918122437/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-17/pakistan/33901443_1_nuclear-capable-hatf-vii-terrain-contour | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-09-18 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable Babur missile with 700 km range}}</ref> In 2007, the Pakistan announced the development and test-firing of ''[[Ra'ad]]'' (Pakistani military designation: ''Hatf-VIII''), which validates the air-launched capability of Pakistan's cruse missiles.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article3492864.ece | title=Pak test fires Hatf VII nuclear missile | date=5 June 2012 | ___location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu}}</ref>
▲In 2017, Pakistan conducted a successful launch of the ''Babur-III'' missile from an underwater mobile platform– a long desired and sought-after capability for the Navy that it effectively established Pakistan's [[second-strike capability]] from sea.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-missiles-idUSKBN14T1EL|title=Pakistan fires 'first submarine-launched nuclear-capable missile'|date=10 January 2017|access-date=26 July 2017|newspaper=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://arynews.tv/en/pakistan-test-fires-first-submarine-launched-cruise-missile-babur-3/|title=Pakistan test-fires first submarine cruise missile Babur-3|website=AryNews.tv|date=9 January 2017|access-date=26 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38563330|title=Pakistan 'launches first cruise missile from submarine'|work=BBC News|date=9 January 2017|access-date=26 July 2017}}</ref>
==See also==
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