Ghauri-III
| Ghauri-III Hatf-VIII |
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| Type | Inter-mediate range |
| Place of origin |
 Pakistan
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| Production history | |
| Designer | Kahuta Research Laboratories |
| Designed | 1999–2004 |
| Manufacturer | Kahuta Research Laboratories |
| Number built | None; Cancelled |
| Variants | Ghauri-I (1998); Ghauri-II (1999) |
| Specifications | |
| Warhead | HE/NE |
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Detonation
mechanism |
Air Burst or Contact (Surface) |
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| Propellant | Liquid |
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Guidance
system |
Inertial guidance, GPS |
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Launch
platform |
Transporter erector launcher (TEL) Missile Silo |
The Ghaur-III (Urdu:غورى–ااا; Hatf-VIII), was a codename of a program to developed land-based surface-to-surface intermediate range ballistic missile in a response to India's Agni-III missile.
Development began in KRL as primarily based on multistage liquid fuel system with a planned stage of range of over 3,000km (1,864.1mi). The program was scaled down in 2004 which eventually led to its full termination. Results of the program remains classified and no production is believed to have been undertaken.
The KRL pursued the development on liquid fuel rocket system, which resulted in development of Ghauri-I and Ghauri-II. The Ghauri program owes its existence largely to the efforts of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan who secured its funding from the Pakistan government. The Ghauri program was aggressively pursued along with the Shaheen program to reach as far as eastern region of India.
As like Shaheen program, Ghauri also shrouded in secrecy where information regarding the existence of the program relied heavily on the reports of news media. Very little details were made public, Ghauri was presumed to be road mobile, being transported and launched by a transporter erector launcher. The warhead was believed to be HE/NE which was to be guided by an IGS system.
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