Pakistani missile research and development program

The missile systems developed as part of the Hatf program mounted in TEL with Pakistani military markings in display at the IDEAS in Karachi, 2008.

The Hatf Program[1][2] (Urdu: حتف; Trans. ḥāṯaʿf, meaning: Target[2]) was the classified program by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Pakistan for the comprehensive research and the development of guided missiles.[3][4] Initiatives began in 1986–87 that also received support from Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in a direct response to India's equivalent program in 1989.[5][6]

The Hatf program was managed by the Ministry of Defence though the policy guidance came directly from the Army HQ of the Pakistan Army in Rawalpindi..[2]

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