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

May 2002
Press Contacts: Daryl Kimball, Executive Director, (202) 463-8270 x107; Paul Kerr, Research Analyst; (202) 463-8270 x102

• India Integrating Agni-2 Into Armed Forces, ACT (April 2002).
• India Tests Short-Range Agni Ballistic Missile, ACT (March 2002).
• India Tests Agni-2 Ballistic Missile, ACT (March 2001).
• India, Pakistan Test New Missiles; U.S. Urges Restraint, ACT (April/May 1999).
• Indian, Pakistani Missile Activities Accelerate as Bilateral Talks Continue, ACT (June/July 1997).

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