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Missile Proliferation in South Asia: India and Pakistan's Ballistic Missile Inventories

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India's Ballistic Missile Arsenal
MISSILE STATUS RANGE/
PAYLOAD
ORIGIN
Prithvi-1 Operational 150 km/
1,000 kg
Indigenous
Prithvi-2 Operational 250 km/
500 kg
Indigenous
Dhanush/
Prithvi-3
Development/ Tested 350 km/
1,000 kg
Indigenous
Agni-1 variant Development/
Tested
725 km/
~1,000 kg
Indigenous
Agni-1 Tested 1,500 km/
1,000 kg
Indigenous
Agni-2 Serial Production 2,000+ km/
1,000 kg
Indigenous
Agni-3 Development 3,000-5,500 km/
? kg
Indigenous
Surya Development 5,500+ km/
2,000 kg
Indigenous/
Russia
Sagarika
(SLBM)
Development 350 km/
500 kg
Indigenous/
Russia

Pakistan's Ballistic Missile Arsenal
MISSILE STATUS RANGE/
PAYLOAD
ORIGIN
Hatf-1 Operational 80-100 km/
500 kg
Indigenous
Hatf-2 Tested/Development 190 km/
500 kg
Indigenous/China
Hatf-3 (Ghaznavi) Tested/Development 280 km/
500 kg
Indigenous/China

Tarmuk

Development 300 km/
800 kg
Indigenous/China
Haider-1 Development 350 km/
? kg
Indigenous
Shaheen-1 Development/Tested 750 km/
500 kg
Indigenous/China
Ghauri I
(Nodong-1)
Development/Tested 1,300+ km/
700 kg
Indigenous/DPRK
Ghauri-2 Development/Tested 2,300 km/
700 kg
Indigenous/DPRK
Shaheen-2 Development 2,500 km/
1,000 kg
Indigenous/China
Ghauri-3 Engine Tested/Development 3.000 km/
? kg
Indigenous/DPRK

Note: Some uncertainty in range estimates are inevitable given the direct relationship between range and payload for ballistic missiles, i.e., reductions in payload can increase range.

Sources: Arms Control Association; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; U.S. Department of the Air Force, National Air Intelligence Center, U.S. Department of Defense

Researched and updated by Alex Wagner with John Kent & Thor Texdahl

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