Shaheen-I
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The Shaheen-I (; 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.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Hatf-IV Shaheen
- Weapon.image
- IRBM of Pakistan at IDEAS 2008.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- The Hatf-IV Shaheen (middle) in Karachi, ca. 2008
- Weapon.type
- SRBM
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.is_bladed
- no
- Weapon.is_explosive
- yes
- Weapon.is_artillery
- yes
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.is_UK
- no
- Weapon.service
- 2003–Present
- Weapon.designer
- National Defence Complex
- Weapon.design_date
- 1995–99
- Weapon.manufacturer
- National Defence ComplexNational Engineering & Scientific Commission
- Weapon.variants
- Shaheen-I: 700Km Shaheen-IA: 1000Km
- Weapon.spec_label
- Technical data
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Description
- Codename
- Shaheen 1
- Shaheen 1A
- Operational history
- See also
- References
- External links
The Shaheen-I (; 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 as Hatf-IV, and it is dedicated and named after a species of Falcon found in the mountain ranges of Pakistan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shaheen-I” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.