{{Short description|Military testing area and firing range in Pakistan}} {{redirect|Tilla}} {{Infobox military installation | name =Mashhood Test Firing Range (1998–99)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Pakistan/Missile/3294_3320.html |title=NTI: Country Overviews: Pakistan: Missile Facilities |accessdate=2009-07-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040108164527/http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Pakistan/Missile/3294_3320.html |archivedate=2004-01-08 }}</ref><br>Tilla Test Firing Range (present)<ref name="thediplomat.com, Gady" /> | ensign = | ensign_size = | native_name = | partof = <!-- for elements within a larger site --> | location =Tilla Jogian, Punjab, Pakistan. | nearest_town = Jhelum, Punjab | country = {{PAK}} | image = File:Buchal Kalan salt range.png | alt = 200px | caption =Mashhood TFR in Salt Range in Pakistan | image2 = <!--secondary image, major command emblems for airfields --> | alt2 = | caption2 = | type = | coordinates ={{coord|33|20|N|73|17|E|type:landmark|display=inline}} | gridref = | image_map = | image_mapsize = | image_map_alt = | image_map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_image = | pushpin_label = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mark = | pushpin_marksize = | ownership = <!-- government department such as the MoD or the United States DoD --> | operator = <!-- where different from ownership such as the RAF or the USAF --> | controlledby = {{army|PAK}} | open_to_public = No | site_other_label = <!-- for renaming "Other facilities" in infobox --> | site_other = <!-- for other sorts of facilities – radar types etc --> | site_area = <!-- area of site m2, km2 square mile etc --> | code = <!--facility/installation code --> | built = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY}} --> | used = <!--{{End date|1946}} --> | builder = Corps of Ordnance | materials = | height = <!-- height of tallest part, not above sea level --> | length = <!-- for border fences or other DMZs --> | fate = <!--changed from demolished parameter--> | condition = | battles = | events = | current_commander = <!-- current commander --> | past_commanders = <!-- past notable commander(s) --> | garrison = <!-- such as the 25th Bombardment Group --> | occupants = <!-- squadrons only --> | designations = | website = [https://www.nti.org/education-center/facilities/mashhood-test-firing-range-mtfr/ NTI Mashhood TFR] | footnotes = <!-- catchall in case it's needed to preserve something in infobox that doesn't work in new code --> }} '''Mashhood Test Firing Range''' ('''MTFR''') at Tilla Jogian is a military testing area and firing range located approximately {{convert|25|km|mi}} west of Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan.<ref name="thediplomat.com, Gady">{{cite news |last1=Gady |first1=Franz-Stefan |title=Pakistan Tests Ballistic Missile |url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/04/pakistan-tests-ballistic-missile/ |access-date=20 March 2023 |work=thediplomat.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan Army |url=http://www.astronautix.com/p/pakistanarmy.html |website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref>
It was used by the Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) as a primary testbed for initial phase of its Ghauri program and now serves as the primary weapon test site for the Pakistan Army.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Pakistan/Missile/3294_3320.html |title=NTI: Country Overviews: Pakistan: Missile Facilities |accessdate=2009-07-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040108164527/http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Pakistan/Missile/3294_3320.html |archivedate=2004-01-08 }}</ref> == Location ==
'''Tilla''' is an eastward continuation of the Salt Range in Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan, 3,242 feet above the sea. From the Bunha torrent the range rises rapidly to the culminating peak of Tilla Jogian and thence sinks as rapidly, but a series of low parallel ridges runs out across the valley of the Kahan. During British Rule, the hill was sometimes used as a summer resort by officers of Jhelum District. A famous monastery of Jogi fakirs is situated here.<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_366.gif Tilla - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 360]</ref>
== Current operations ==
The test range is known as ''Tilla Test Firing Range'' according to Pakistan Army sources.<ref name="army-technology">{{cite news |title=Pakistan Army Test-Fires Indigenous Anti-Tank Guided Missile |url=https://www.army-technology.com/news/news104316-html/ |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="thediplomat.com, Gady" /> Pakistan Army conducts exercises at the Tilla Firing Range to check the performance of its unmanned tactical systems, missiles and range recovery operations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistani Army conducts training launch of Ghauri ballistic missile |url=https://www.army-technology.com/uncategorized/newspakistani-army-conducts-training-launch-of-ghauri-ballistic-missile-4555176/ |access-date=20 March 2023 |work=Army Technology |date=15 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="astronautix.">{{cite web |title=Tilla |url=http://www.astronautix.com/t/tilla.html |website=www.astronautix.com |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref> In 1998–99, the Test Firing Range served as a testbed for the Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) during the development of the Ghauri program.<ref name="FAS, Pakistan bureau">{{cite web |title=Tilla Jogian / Malute [Malot] - Pakistan Special Weapons Facilities |url=https://nuke.fas.org/guide/pakistan/facility/malute.htm |website=nuke.fas.org |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref> Other operations included Pakistan Air Force's range practice with the Pakistan Army, and subsequent missile testing by ASFC.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tilla |url=http://www.astronautix.com/t/tilla.html |website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Army conduct Joint Field Firing Exercise at Tilla Ranges - video Dailymotion |url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x328r6s |work=Dailymotion |date=19 August 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=PKAFSC |url=http://www.astronautix.com/p/pkafsc.html |website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
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Category:Jhelum District Category:Rocket launch sites in Pakistan Category:Weapons test sites Category:Military installations in Punjab, Pakistan Category:Military facilities of the Pakistan Army