Hatf-IV Shaheen | |
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Type | SRBM |
Place of origin | Pakistan |
Service history | |
In service | 2003–Present |
Used by | Pakistan Army |
Production history | |
Designer | National Defence Complex |
Designed | 1995–99 |
Manufacturer | National Defence Complex National Engineering & Scientific Commission |
Variants | Shaheen-IA |
Specifications (Technical data) | |
Mass | 9,500 kg (20,900 lb) |
Length | 12.0 m (470 in) |
Diameter | 1.0 m (39 in) |
Maximum firing range | 750 km (470 mi)—900 km (560 mi) |
Warhead | HE/ICM/NE |
Warhead weight | 700 kg (1,500 lb) (Shaheen-I) 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) (Shaheen-IA) |
Blast yield | 35 kilotons of TNT (150 TJ) (Shaheen-I) 40 kilotons of TNT (170 TJ) (Shaheen-IA)[1] |
Engine | Single-stage |
Transmission | Automatic |
Suspension | MAZ-7310 8WD (With Pakistani military markings) |
Propellant | Solid-propellant |
Operational range | 790 km (490 mi)–900 km (560 mi) |
Guidance system | Inertial, Terminal |
Accuracy | <50 m (160 ft) CEP |
Launch platform | Transporter erector launcher (TEL), launch pad |
The Shaheen-I (Urdu: شاہين-ا; Military designation: Hatf–IV, Translit.: Target-4), is a land-based short-range ballistic missile designed and developed by the National Defence Complex and National Engineering & Science Commission.
The system is currently deployed in military service with strategic commands of the Pakistan Army asHatf-IV', and it is dedicated and named after a species of Falcon found in the mountain ranges of Pakistan.[2]