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Latest Pictures of Shaheen 3 Missile on Launchpad
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Visual comparison with Shaheen 2
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Looks like same missile to me...only warhead has some thing changed
 
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Whats with the warhead?? Seem to be tip is dettachable... mirv??
 
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Slightly extended first stage. Interestingly the 'Shaheen II' (first announced as Shaheen III) tested on Nov 14th 2014 had an increased first stage length. http://isssp.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Shaheen-II-Nov_13_2014_Launch_Analysis.pdf Don't see an increase in diameter. The stated diameter of the Shaheen II is ~1.4m . To put this in perspective, Israel's Shavit II has a 1.35m diameter (Jericho III has a larger diameter ~2 - 2.4 m), China's Kuaizhou is 1.34m, Brazil's VLM Nova is 1.35m.
 
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Probably the distance from which the pic was taken. Generally development work is focussed on systems and flight surfaces, height and dia normally don't change with every test.


Spot on. You Sir have a keen eye. Very roughly if we compare the thickness of the missile with the average thickness of the human head, it becomes pretty clear that Shaheen III is significantly wider than Shaheen II.

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Probably the distance from which the pic was taken. Generally development work is focussed on systems and flight surfaces, height and dia normally don't change with every test.
This is not every test but testing of a new system (Shaheen 3). Wider body can accommodate more propellant that will result in the increased range of the missile.
 
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The range was with a very high apogee of 690 Km
I am guessing the range will be greater with lower apogee
 
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Wider body will face higher resistance and drag besides that would require all the internals to be redesigned as well, which in my opinion is not an efficient way to add range To increase range of an existing missile the easiest and most efficient way is to either increase the length or add another stage, which separates from the main body after fuel consumption thus reducing weight and drag.

This is not every test but testing of a new system (Shaheen 3). Wider body can accommodate more propellant that will result in the increased range of the missile.
 
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