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Pakistani tactical ballistic missile

The Hatf I (; Military designation: Hatf–I, Translit. Target 1) is a land based tactical and battlefield range ballistic missile, currently in service with the strategic command of the Pakistan Army. The Hatf I is deployed as rocket artillery weapon system and has been replaced by the improved Hatf IA and Hatf IB, which have a maximum range of .

With the revelation of India's missile program, General Mirza Beg, then chief of army staff working under President Zia ul Haq, launched a Hatf (lit. Target) program to meet India's challenge. The Hatf I was developed in haste to address India's challenge and led to allegations by the Western observation that the missile was derived from French and American designs. The Hatf mission was to be use as an unguided general bombardment weapon, to be fired across a battlefield or at a general target area. The Hatf I has a range of approximately and can carry a 500 kg conventional or non conventional warhead. As it is unguided, it should be considered a long range artillery shell, with the location of the impact depending upon the proper direction, angle of launch and the ability of the missile to fly straight. The Hatf I is deployed with high explosive or cluster munitions, although it can theoretically carry a tactical nuclear weapon. The missile has a diameter of 0.56 m and is 6 m in length. It uses a single stage solid propellant rocket motor. Besides Ghauri, the Hatf I is the only weapon system that is transported on a semitrailer.

Hatf I — Maximum range: Payload: , unguided. Hatf IA — Maximum range: Payload: , unguided. Hatf IB — Maximum range: Payload: , inertial guidance.