Pakistan's Missile & Ordinance Factories
Pakistan has a fairly extensive defense industry, which is located mainly between Islamabad and Kamra. There are a string of ordinance and missile factories in this area. Some of the main factories are:
1.
National Defence Complex, Fatehjang: Missile, TELAR and missile related electronics, nuclear weapon components, Ordinance.
2.
Talagang Missile Complex: Missile manufacture and storage.
3.
Tarnawah Missile Complex: Missile manufacture and storage.
4.
Pakistan Ordinance Factories, Wah: General ordinance for use by the Pakistani Armed Forces.
5.
Air Weapons Complex, Kamra: Air dropped weapons, fuses, nuclear weapons related components.
6.
Gadwal Uranium Enrichment Plant: Chinese built Uranium enrichment and moulding.
7.
Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT): MBT, APC & Armoured Vehicles manufacture.
8.
Heavy Mechanical Complex (HMC): Iron & Steel forgings, engine parts etc.
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National Defence Complex, Fatehjang
The NDC set up in 1990, and usually headed by PAEC chairmen, manufactures several defense related products.
The list includes:
1. Missile components and TELARs
2. Various anti-tank warheads, fuel air explosives, naval mines.
3. Military fuses and defense electronics
4. Nuclear weapons components.
Main Administrative Buildings
Complexes 3, 4, and 5
Complex 4 & 5 have come up over the last 5-7 years.
TELAR manufacture and Garages
Pakistan uses several trucks which are Chinese copies of the Russian and Ukranian heavy lift trucks.
The main trucks are:
1.
Wanshan WS-2400: 8x8 20 ton capacity. Used for the DF-11 missile, early Shaheen-1 missile TEL, A-100 MLR and the Nasr MLR. Chinese copy of the MAZ 543.
2.
MAZ 547 / 7916: Which carries the MRBMs
In the picture one can see a few MAZ 547 / 7916s
This complex, which I have arbitarily named as complex 6, seems to have special security as seen by the high walls and guard towers. This complex is a few kilometers to the west of the Main Complex.
What are they specially protecting? Is this facility an N-weapons related facility given the extra security and the distance from the main complex?
These appear to be garages, storage areas and a military garrison. This is adjacent to 'Complex-6'
South of the Kala-Chitta hills, towards Fatehjung town, is a dam and a lake. There are two more areas on the banks of the lake. An explosives manufacturing plant and another adjacent complex, where a large hole is being dug adjacent to some sheds.
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Talagang Missile Complex
This is a facility located about 50 Kms west of the National Defense Complex on the same Kala-Chitta hills range. The location is just south of Attock Cantt.
This seems to be a missile manufacturing and storage location. Compared to the main NDC this area has a ring of AAA, Skyguard radars and a SAM site protecting it. It is possible that this is a location for storage of both Nuclear weapons and MRBM missiles.
Main Complex
A TELAR is visible adjacent to one of the hangers
MT pool is a truck parking garage.
Military lingo.
There is a Skyguard site on the hill located at 6 O' clock.
This seems to be a test area. A test rig, large hangers and several TELARs are visible here.
These appear to be Helipads / Missile launch sites.
This area is to the south of the main complex at the foothills.
Skyguard Radars and AAA sites around the complex
Courtesy Planeman.
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Tarwanah Missile Complex
Located north of Fatehjung, and adjacent to Islamabad is this facility that is suspected to manufacture Chinese origin M-11, M-9 and M-18 missiles, renamed as the Shaheen series of missiles. These are all solid fueled missiles.
The complex has two areas a few kilometers apart.
Tarwanah Missile Complex 1
Main Administrative buildings and missile components factory.
Dynamic test rigs
Storage hangers
Tarwanah Missile Complex 2
Possible storage area
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Nodong / Ghauri Missile Plant Kahuta
As mentioned in a previous post, these North Korean Liquid Fuelled missiles are manufactured at Kahuta.
Kahuta itself has three different facilities:
1. Uranium Centrifuge Plant
2. Nodong/Ghauri missile plant
3. Ordinance factory: Anza Manpads, fuzes, electronics.
The Nodong/Ghauri missiles made here are usually tested from the nearby Mahshood Testing Range at Tilla Jogiyan near Jhelum.
Simply because the first announcement that came out was "two tests. Soon after that the number was corrected to "five".
, ... it was long ago anyway, .. that too for a short time, ..and besides others too have done that.. also one can plead fifth...
)the term barn was at one time classified..