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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. ==Overview== 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. In May 2004, it was rumored that the missile system would take its first test flight in June of that year.〔"Pakistan to Test-Fire Ghauri III Missile in October — Daily," BBC Monitoring International Reports, 30 August2004; in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, 30 August 2004, web.lexis-nexis.com〕 However, no test occurred and speculations continued.〔"Pakistan Plans to Test-Fire Ballistic Missile on 3 June," BBC Monitoring International Reports, 21 May 2004; in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, 21 May 2004, web.lexis-nexis.com.〕 Similarly in 2009, it was again reported that missile system would be take its first test flight in August of that year but again no test took place.〔"Pakistan to Test-Fire Ghauri III Missile in October — Daily," BBC Monitoring International Reports, 30 August 2004; in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, 30 August 2004, web.lexis-nexis.com〕 The program was eventually scaled down and it remains to be classified until the existence of the program was made public by dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan's memoir published on 28 May 2011. Development on ''Ghauri'' program was completed around 50% but the funding for the program was halted in 2004.〔 Although, dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan held President Pervez Musharraf responsible for capping the program, on the other hand, the Shaheen program continue to progress well. In contrast to liquid-fuel systems that have less advantage in comparison to solid-fuel rockets.〔 In 2015, the Shaheen-III was eventually revealed and successfully test in Arabian sea.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ghauri-III」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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