Pakistani missile research and development program: Difference between revisions

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==Program overview==

{{Main|Missile gap}}

[[File:IRBM of Pakistan at IDEAS 2008.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The missile systems 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.]]In 1987, planning and initiatives for the program began in response to India's revealed [[Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme|missile program]].<ref name="Defence Journal, 1998" /> General [[Mirza Aslam Beg|M. A. Beg]], then-[[Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan)|army chief]], hastily launched the program, intending it to be led by [[SUPARCO]].<ref name="Stanford University Press, Khan, 2012">{{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Feroz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yGgrNAsKZjEC&q=pakistani+missile+program+eating+grass |title=Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb |date=7 November 2012 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-0-8047-8480-1 |pages=500 |language=en |chapter=Pakistan's Missile Quest |format=google books |access-date=10 September 2023}}</ref>