Pakistan conducts successful test launch of Shaheen-3 SSM (2750 km)

[Windjammer]

 

[Kinetic]

It looks exactly same as shaheen 2. same fins, no canister or changes in RV. i think they did little weight reduction to improve the range by 250 km.


According to many here this missile was supposed to have 3500 km range.

 

[Zarvan]

It looks exactly same as shaheen 2. same fins, no canister or changes in RV. i think they did little weight reduction to improve the range by 250 km.


According to many here this missile was supposed to have 3500 km range.

The missile has more range than what was declared

 

[Hyde]

Congratulations to all Pakistanis and their well wishers all over the world

I am really glad to hear that

 

[The Deterrent]

@The Deterrent is this an accurate range depiction of Shaheen III ? , as posted on the Washington post @ 1700 miles or 2759 km ? according to this diagram it shows whole of india along with part's of Andaman islands are in range

It seems to be, but what we need to understand is that strategic missiles are not launched from the borders, you need a bit of depth to secure the launch itself. Furthermore, I cannot understand the desire to put Andaman & Nicobar Islands under strike range, as there is nothing of value as a strategic target there.

That's the thing, the impact zone described in the securite was between 2900 and 3000 km distance from Karachi/Somiani. Unless the declared a wrong impact zone in the securite by ~250 km, the tested range should be around 2900-3000 Km.

There is always some room for error, so the cordoned-off area is offset to the actual trajectory by some amount.

A5 is a 3-stage missile.

Is S3 also 3-stage?

Edit: I think Shaheen-III is more comparable to Agni-III.

That remains to be determined, but I would suggest Shaheen-III to be more comparable to Agni-IV instead. Not in terms of range, but in terms of upgrades...both evolved out of existing systems.

 

[Bilal.]

There is always some room for error, so the cordoned-off area is offset to the actual trajectory by some amount.

The declared "impact site" was 2900-3000 Km that was the whole cordoned off area. Unless the missile failed to reach it the range should be the same.

Below is from your own post prior to the launch:


View attachment 200059

http://www.paknavy.gov.pk/securite/20150305SEC 059.txt

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First stage impact cordoned off area bounded by

(A) 25-43.83N 066-19.45E
(B) 25-16.83N 067-11.36E


RV impact zone cordoned off area bounded by the following coordinates:
C) 02-00.30N 054-18.62E
(D) 02-27.26N 053-30.92E

 

[Zarvan]

It seems to be, but what we need to understand is that strategic missiles are not launched from the borders, you need a bit of depth to secure the launch itself. Furthermore, I cannot understand the desire to put Andaman & Nicobar Islands under strike range, as there is nothing of value as a strategic target there.


There is always some room for error, so the cordoned-off area is offset to the actual trajectory by some amount.

That remains to be determined, but I would suggest Shaheen-III to be more comparable to Agni-IV instead. Not in terms of range, but in terms of upgrades...both evolved out of existing systems.

According to some members those islands will be used to launch Nuclear weapons and by the Is SHAHEEN III part of Hatf series ?

 

[farhan_9909]

@The Deterrent

Sir can you please answer?

*is it true that the developments of Shaheen III started in 2004?
*100% indigenous?or atleast locally manufactured including majority of the components?
*The development of the missile completed recently or the test was delayed?
*Do we have any 3 stage missile in development?

 

[SQ8]

We need long range missiles and we would work on them we never in last 20 years we consider many more threats than India and we are slowly working on them too

No we are not.

 

[ravindra1455]

i see the vidio of missile. it must go to outer space first if it is long range missile , but it inclined to much toward ground in very early stage, so i doubt it was a succesful launch.

u can see longer video on youtube

 

[v9s]

Where are the high res pics!!!!

 

[shaheenmissile]

i see the vidio of missile. it must go to outer space first if it is long range missile , but it inclined to much toward ground in very early stage, so i doubt it was a succesful launch.

u can see longer video on youtube

All Pakistani missile tests are closely watched by India,USA and others via satellites and everything available.
If they had seen failure,they had shouted it from roof tops.

 

[ravindra1455]

it is much better to be keep quite

 

[kaku1]

Syed sahab my main concern is about Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India which is still out of range. India is developing these islands to host Nuclear submarines and launch Ballistic missile from it in futureView attachment 200881


But pakistan would likely launch missiles from within deep territories like mountainous areas of balochistan or along FATA region . In that case distance becomes 3500-3700 KM for Nico bar and and to hit South indian cities distance becomes 3000-3200 KM.

Isnt the nuclear sub base, VLF and ELF stations are near Vizag?

 

[Windjammer]

i see the vidio of missile. it must go to outer space first if it is long range missile , but it inclined to much toward ground in very early stage, so i doubt it was a succesful launch.

u can see longer video on youtube

Seems we have all the experts on Pakistani missiles wasting their time on a defence forum.
Wonder if India's Agni-5 with reported range of 5000 km, left the atmosphere.