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{{Short description|
{{Use Pakistani English|date=June 2013}}
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{{Infobox project
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| name = Hatf
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| image =IRBM of Pakistan at IDEAS 2008.jpg
| caption ={{small|The [[Surface-to-surface missile|land-based]] ground missile (LGM) system developed as part of the Hatf program mounted on [[transporter erector launcher|TEL]] with Pakistani military markings in display at the [[International Defence Exhibition and Seminar|IDEAS]] in [[Karachi]], 2008.}}
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| type =Operational R&D
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| country =Pakistan
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| established =1986–87
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The '''Hatf Program''' ({{langx|ur|حتف|translit=ḥāṯaʿf|lit=Target}})<ref name="Defence Journal, 1998">{{cite web |last1=Lodhi |first1=Lt.Gen. S.F.S. |date=31 May 1998 |title=Pakistan's Missile Technology |url=http://defencejournal.com/may98/pakmissiletech.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990221044419/http://defencejournal.com/may98/pakmissiletech.htm |archive-date=21 February 1999 |access-date=21 November 2014 |publisher=Defence Journal, 1998}}</ref>) was a classified program by the [[Ministry of Defence Pakistan|Ministry of Defence]] (MoD) of Pakistan for the comprehensive research and development of [[Missile|guided missiles]].<ref name="Pakistan Observer, 2012">{{cite news |last1=Daheem |first1=Mohammad |date=18 October 2012 |title=Pakistan's missile capability |url=http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=178539 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129044501/http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=178539 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |access-date=21 November 2014 |publisher=Pakistan Observer, 2012 |agency=Pakistan Observer}}</ref><ref name="Lancer">{{cite book |last1=Karim |first1=Afsir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ltOgS1FjiR4C&q=pakistan+missile+program+1987&pg=PA43 |title=Indo-Pak relations : viewpoints, 1989-1996. |date=1996 |publisher=Lancer |isbn=189782923X |___location=New Delhi |access-date=21 November 2014}}</ref> Initiatives began in 1986-87 and received support from Prime Minister [[Benazir Bhutto]] in direct response to India's [[Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme|equivalent program]] in 1989.<ref name="Pakistan Missile Milestones">{{cite web |date=1 September 2014 |title=Pakistan Missile Milestones - 1994 |url=https://www.wisconsinproject.org/pakistan-missile-milestones-1961-2014/ |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control}}</ref><ref>Hans M. Kristensen, Robert S. Norris & Julia Diamond (2018) Pakistani nuclear forces, 2018, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 74:5, 348-358</ref>
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==Program overview==
The program's feasibility proved more challenging than the nuclear weapons program due to inadequate funding and a lack of focus on [[control system]]s and [[aerodynamics]] education.<ref name="Stanford University Press, Khan, 2012" /> India, with existing knowledge based on Russian rockets, was already ahead in missile technology, developing its own independently.<ref name="Stanford University Press, Khan, 2012" /> Furthermore, the [[Missile Technology Control Regime]] (MTCR), formed in 1987, hindered Pakistan's efforts to acquire program components.<ref name="Stanford University Press, Khan, 2012" /><ref name="APH Publ. Corp.">{{cite book |last1=Chitkara |first1=M.G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCaAQCnO3QQC&q=benazir+missile&pg=PA122 |title=Benazir – a profile |date=1996 |publisher=APH Publ. Corp. |isbn=8170247527 |___location=New Delhi |access-date=22 November 2014}}</ref>
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