Ghaznavi

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Ghaznavi-I SRBM/Hatf-III
Basic data
Function	Short range ballistic missile SRBM
Manufacturer	PMO
Unit cost	Unknown
Entered service	05/26/2002, 10/03/2003, 11/29/2004
General characteristics
Engine	single stage solid propellant engine
Launch mass	5,256 kg
Length	8.5 m
Diameter	0.8 m
Wingspan	Unknown
Speed	Unknown
Range	500 km
Flying altitude	Unknown (Apogee)
Warhead	Single Conventional HE/Nuclear
Guidance	Inertial
Fuzes	NA
Launch platform	transporter erector launcher (TEL)

For Mahmud Ghaznavi please see Mahmud of Ghazni

Ghaznavi (Urdu: غزنوی) is the name given to a Pakistani missile. It is named after the 11th century Muslim conqueror Mahmud of Ghazni. The Ghaznavi missile is a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) with an optimal range of 290 km. The Ghaznavi Missile has a CEP of 250 meters.

The Ghaznavi missile can deliver either a conventional or nuclear payload. It is powered by a single stage solid propellant engine. Although Pakistan claims that the missile is indigenously produced, it is widely believed to be a copy of the Chinese M-11. As this violated the MTCR, the US imposed sanctions on Pakistan in 1993. The Ghaznavi missile has already been added to the army’s “strategic command,” and Pakistan’s nuclear and missile program will maintain the pace of development, and tests will continue to be conducted as per technical needs.

Other ballistic missiles currently in the service of Pakistan are; Hatf-I (BRBM), Abdali-I (BRBM), Shaheen (IRBM), Ghauri (IRBM). Pakistan also fielded a cruise missile, Babur.