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:''For Mahmood Ghaznavi please see Mahmood of Ghazni'' The Ghaznavi (Urdu:غزنوی; official codename: Hatf–III Ghaznavi), is a hypersonic and surface to surface short range ballistic missile designed and developed by the National Development Complex, in service with the Pakistan Army's strategic command since 2004. With an optimal range of 290 km,〔(Missiles of the World )〕 it is named after the 11th century Muslim Turkic conqueror Mahmud of Ghazni. The missile has a length of 9.64m, diameter of 0.99 m, launch weight of 5256 kg and is powered by a single stage solid fuel rocket motor. It is believed influenced from a Chinese design, the M-11 (NATO reporting name: CSS-7).〔(Missiles of the World )〕〔(Pakistan Missile Update - 2003 )〕〔(Jane's Strategic Weapon Systems )〕 ==Design history== Initially, the Pakistan government was actively pushing of acquiring the M-11 missiles from China on purpose of a quick deployment.〔Khan, PA, Brigadier Feroz (2012). Eating Grass: the making of Pakistan bomb. Sanford, ca, u.s: Stanford University Press. p. 552. ISBN 9780804776011〕 Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto personally lobbied in China for the M-11 missiles, but unable to do so after the intense pressure mounted by the United States and the MTCR's strict monitoring of prevention of the technology transfers of the missiles.〔Rajain, Arpit (2005). Nuclear deterrence in Southern Asia China, India, and Pakistan. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. ISBN 8132103254.〕 Development on ''Ghaznavi'' started in 1990s after the refusal of export of M-11 missiles from China to Pakistan.〔 The ''Ghaznavi'' was pursuit alongside with the Abdali program, and its features extremely close to Chinese M-11.〔 The Ghaznavi program went to NDC and designed the missile which was extremely close to that Chinese M-11.〔 The Pakistan military officials consistently maintained that the Ghaznavi program is locally designed and ingeniously built.〔 In 1995, its engine was successfully tested and was said to be a "major break-through in missile development in Pakistan". The ''Ghaznavi'' has a range of 600km with a payload of 500kg and a proper terminal guidance system giving it an accuracy of 0.1%, as the CEP at 600km— a similar to the Indian Prithvi surface to surface ballistic missile which is at 250km.〔 This meant that ''Ghaznavi'' was to be controlled by an on-board computer for accuracy and was not to follow a purely ballistic trajectory.〔 The main features of ''Ghaznavi'' are its two-stage rocket ability for war-head separation, a terminal guidance system and five different types of warheads, designed by DESTO.〔 Pakistani scientists and engineers who worked on the missile recalled their memories on the development of the ''Ghaznavi'', and maintained that the "most difficult part of the missile's development was its computerized guidance system which was developed at the Margalla Electronics and NIE."〔 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「Ghaznavi (missile)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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