Shaheen-III Missile

 The Shaheen-III lit. White Falcon-III) is a Pakistani land-based surface-to-surface medium variety ballistic missile, which changed into take a look at fired for the primary time with the aid of using army service on nine March 2015.[5][6]

Shaheen-III

Shaheen-III Missiles

Shaheen-III Missile range map

Pakistan a success take a look at-hearthplace of Shaheen-III missile

TypeMedium-variety ballistic missile (MRBM)

Place of origin

 PakistanService historyIn service Strategic Plans Division

[1]Production history DesignerNESCOM and SUPARCO Designed Classified Manufacturer Nescom and Space and Upper Atmosphere Research CommissionVariants Shaheen-I and Shaheen-II Specifications Length19.three mDiameter1.four mWarhead HE/NE Engine Multi-stage Solid-gas rocket[2]PropellantSolid-gas device[1]

Operational

variety

2750 km[3][4]

Guidance

device

Inertial guidanceAccuracyNot specified

Launch

platform

WS21200Transportspaceport or TEL

Development commenced in secrecy withinside the early 2000s in reaction to India's Agni-III, Shaheen changed into efficiently examined on nine March 2015 with quite a number 2750 km (1700 mi), which allows it to strike all of India and attain deep into the Middle East elements of North Africa.[7] The missile, consistent with a former Director General of Pakistan's Strategic Plans Division, is designed to attain Indian islands in order that India can not use them as “strategic bases” to set up a “2d strike capability.”[8]

Range of the Shaheen-III missile

The Shaheen application consists of the solid-gas device in evaluation to the Ghauri application this is based on liquid-gas device.[9] With the a success release of the Shaheen-III, it surpasses the variety of Shaheen-II— hence, it's far the longest-variety missile to be released with the aid of using the army.[10]

The US Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center estimates that as of June 2017 this missile kind changed into now no longer but operationally deployed.[1]