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Mashhood Test Firing Range (MTFR)

Other Name: Tilla Satellite Launch Center; Tilla Range; Jhelum; Malute
Location: Tilla Jogian (25km west of Jhelum)
Subordinate To: Khan Research Laboratories (KRL); Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)
Size: Unknown [1]
Facility Status: Active

The Mashhood Test Firing Range at Tilla Jogian (MTFR) is the primary missile test site of the Khan Research Laboratories (KRL). The KRL used the MTFR to stage the first test flight of the solid-fueled medium-range Hatf-5/Ghauri ballistic missile on 6 April 1998. [2] The KRL again used the MTFR for the first test-flight of the longer-range variant Hatf-5A/Ghauri-2 on 14 April 1999. [3] In total, the MTFR has hosted seven test flights of the Hatf-5/Ghauri-1 missile, and one test flight of the Hatf-5A/Ghauri-2 missile at the MTFR. [4]

Using satellite images of the MTFR, the Federation of American Scientists notes that even in clear images, it is difficult to discern physical launch facilities at the Jhelum site. [5]

Sources:
[1] “Tilla Jogian/Malute [Malot] – Pakistan Special Weapons Facilities,” Federation of American Scientists, accessed 31 January 2011, www.fas.org.
[2] “Pakistan test-fires long-range missile, says U.S. will understand,” Deutsche Presse-Agentur (Hamburg), 6 April 1998, in LexisNexis Academic Universe, www.lexisnexis.com.
[3] "Pakistan hits back with Ghauri-II," Statesman (Calcutta), 14 April 1999, News; in LexisNexis Academic Universe, www.lexisnexis.com.
[4] “Missile Flight Tests,” The International Institute for Strategic Studies, accessed 31 January 2011, www.iiss.org.
[5] “Tilla Jogian/Malute [Malot] – Pakistan Special Weapons Facilities,” Federation of American Scientists, accessed 31 January 2011, www.fas.org.
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This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, or agents. Copyright © 2011 by MIIS.

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