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List of missiles of Indian Armed Forces From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of missiles used by the Indian Armed Forces and are under development by the Defence Research and Development Organisation.
Family | Name | Type | Guidance | Maximum range | Maximum speed | Warhead | Introduction | Status | Image | Reference |
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BrahMos | BrahMos Block I | Supersonic ship launched AshM/LAM | INS + Sat Nav Active radar homing |
290 km (180 mi) | Mach 3 | Conventional or Nuclear Armour-piercing 300 kg |
2007 | In service | [21] | |
Supersonic land launched AshM/LAM | 290 km (180 mi) | 2010 | ||||||||
BrahMos Block II | Supersonic land launched LAM | 290 km (180 mi) | 2012 | |||||||
BrahMos Block III | 290 km (180 mi) | 2013 | ||||||||
Submarine launched BrahMos | Supersonic submarine launched AshM/LAM | 290 km (180 mi) | 2013 | |||||||
BrahMos A | Supersonic ALCM | 450 km (280 mi) | 2019 | |||||||
BrahMos ER | Multi-platform multirole Supersonic CM | 800 km (500 mi) | 2022 | |||||||
BrahMos NG | 290 km (180 mi) | TBD | In development | |||||||
BrahMos-II | Hypersonic CM | 1,000 km (620 mi) | Mach 8 | [22] | ||||||
Nirbhay | Nirbhay LAM | Subsonic LAM | Ring laser gyro INS + GPS/NavIC Active radar homing Imaging infrared |
1,500 km (930 mi) | Mach 0.9 | Conventional or Nuclear Fragmentation |
2019 | In service | [23] | |
LR-LACM | TBD | In development | [24] | |||||||
SLCM | Subsonic SLCM | 500 km (310 mi) | Mach 0.8 | [25] |
Family | Name | Type | Guidance | Maximum range | Speed | Warhead | Introduction | Status | Image | Reference |
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DRDO Anti Tank Missile | ATGM | Wire guided | 1.6 km (0.99 mi) | 91 m/s | HEAT | - | Cancelled | [26] | ||
Nag | Prospina | Land-attack ATGM | Charge-coupled device Infrared homing |
4 km (2.5 mi) | 230 m/s | Tandem HEAT 8 kg |
2016 | In service | [27] | |
HeliNa/Dhruvastra | Air-launched ATGM | 10 km (6.2 mi) | TBD | In development | [28] | |||||
Stand off Anti-Tank missile | Standoff Air-launched ATGM | Charge-coupled device Millimeter wave Active radar homing |
20 km (12 mi) | [29] | ||||||
MPATGM | Man-portable ATGM | 2.5 km (1.6 mi) | [30] | |||||||
Amogha missile | Amogha-1 | ATGM | Semi-automatic command to line of sight | 2.8 km (1.7 mi) | HEAT | [31] | ||||
Amogha-II | Air-launched ATGM | 2.8 km (1.7 mi) | TBD | [32] | ||||||
Amogha-III | Man-portable ATGM | Imaging infrared Electro-optical |
2.5 km (1.6 mi) | |||||||
SAMHO | Cannon launched ATGM | Semi-active laser homing | 5 km (3.1 mi) | Tandem HEAT | TBD | [33][34] |
Family | Name | Type | Guidance | Maximum range | Speed | Warhead | Introduction | Status | Image | Reference |
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Naval Anti-ship Missile | NASM-SR | Short range AShM | INS with satellite guidance Imaging infrared |
55 km (34 mi) | Mach 0.8 | Conventional or Nuclear 100 kg |
TBD | In development | [35][36] | |
NASM-MR | Medium range AShM | 250 km (160 mi) | Mach 0.7 | Conventional 150 kg |
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BrahMos | Brahmos-A | Cruise AShM | INS with satellite guidance Active radar homing |
400 km (250 mi) | Mach 3 | Conventional or Nuclear | 2019 | In service | ||
Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) | Long-range ASM | Inertial navigation system Acoustic homing |
643 km (400 mi) | Conventional 50 kg |
TBD | In development | [37] |
Family | Name | Type | Guidance | Maximum range | Speed | Warhead | Introduction | Status | Image | Reference |
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Astra | Astra Mk1 | Beyond visual range AAM | Fibre-optic gyro based INS Active radar homing |
110 km (68 mi) | Mach 4.5 | High-explosive Pre-fragmented 15 kg |
2018 | In Service | [38][39] | |
Astra Mk2 | 160 km (99 mi) | TBD | In development | [40][41] | ||||||
Astra Mk3 | 350 km (220 mi) | |||||||||
Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet | 350 km (220 mi) | Mach 4.5 | [42][43] | |||||||
Novator KS-172 | INS Active radar homing | 300 km (190 mi) | Mach 3.3 | High-explosive Fragmented |
2007 | In Service | [44] | |||
MICA | 60 km (37 mi) | Mach 4 | 12 kg | TBD | [45] |
Family | Name | Type | Guidance | Maximum range | Speed | Warhead | Introduction | Status | Image | Reference |
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Rudram | Rudram-1 | Air to surface ARM |
Inertial navigation system MMW Active radar homing |
150 km (93 mi)[46] | Mach 2 | Conventional Pre-fragmented 55 kg |
TBD | In development | [47] | |
Rudram-2 | INS + SatNav IIR homing |
300 km (190 mi) | Mach 5.5 | Conventional Pre-fragmented 155 kg | ||||||
Rudram-3 | 550 km (340 mi) | Penetration and blast |
Family | Name | Type | Guidance | Max Range |
Int. Alt. |
Max speed |
Warhead | Intr. | Status | Image | Ref |
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VSHORAD | Short range/ Man-portable SAM | Infrared homing | 6 km (3.7 mi) | 3.5 km (2.2 mi) | Mach 1.5 | High-explosive Pre-fragmented 2 kg |
TBD | In development | [48] | ||
Trishul | Short range SAM | Command to line-of-sight | 11 km (6.8 mi) | Mach 2 | High-explosive Pre-fragmented 15 kg |
1983 | Retired | [49] | |||
Akash | Akash Mk I | Medium range SAM | Command guidance Active radar homing |
30 km (19 mi) | 18 km (11 mi) | Mach 3 | High-explosive Pre-fragmented 60 kg |
2009 | In service | [50] | |
Akash Mk II | 40 km (25 mi) | 20 km (12 mi) | TBD | In development | [51] | ||||||
Akash-NG | 70 km (43 mi) | 20 km (12 mi) | [52][53] | ||||||||
Maitri | Quick reaction SAM | 30 km (19 mi) | Shelved | ||||||||
QRSAM | INS with datalink Active radar homing |
30 km (19 mi) | 14 km (8.7 mi) | Mach 4.7 | High-explosive Pre-fragmented 32 kg |
2022 | In service | [54] | |||
VL-SRSAM | Short range SAM | Fibre-optic gyro based INS Active radar homing |
50 km (31 mi) | 16 km (9.9 mi) | Mach 4.5 | High-explosive Pre-fragmented |
2022 | In service | [55] | ||
SAMAR | 40 km (25 mi) | In service | [56][57] | ||||||||
Barak 8 | MRSAM | Medium range SAM | INS Active radar homing |
70 km (43 mi) | 16 km (9.9 mi) | Mach 2 | Kinetic kill vehicle 60 kg |
2020 | In service | [58] | |
LRSAM | Long range SAM | 100 km (62 mi) | 20 km (12 mi) | Mach 3+ | 2019 | [59] | |||||
ERSAM | Extended range SAM | 150 km (93 mi) | 30 km (19 mi) | ||||||||
S-400 | Mobile long-range SAM | Semi-active radar homing | 380 km (240 mi) | 40 km (25 mi) | Mach 14 | High-explosive Pre-fragmented |
2021 | In service | [60] | ||
Project Kusha | Long range SAM system | 400 km (250 mi) | TBD | In development | [61][62] |
Family | Name | Type | Guidance | Maximum range | Maximum speed | Warhead | Introduction | Status | Image | Reference |
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Prithvi | Prithvi-I | Surface-to-surface TBM |
Inertial navigation system | 150 km (93 mi) | Conventional or Nuclear Fragmentation Thermobaric |
1994 | In service | [63] | ||
Prithvi-II | Surface-to-surface SRBM | 350 km (220 mi) | 2003 | [64] | ||||||
Prithvi-III | 600 km (370 mi) | 2004 | [65] | |||||||
Dhanush | Surface-to-surface ASBM | 750 km (470 mi) | 2018 | [66] | ||||||
Shaurya | Surface-to-surface MRBM | Ring laser gyro INS Accelerometer |
1,900 km (1,200 mi) | Mach 7.5 | Conventional or Nuclear | TBD | In deployment | [67] | ||
Prahaar | Prahaar | Surface-to-surface TBM | Fibre-optic gyro INS GPS/NavIC Active radar homing |
150 km (93 mi) | Mach 4 | Conventional or Nuclear High explosive Cluster munition |
In development | [68] | ||
Pragati | 170 km (110 mi) | [69] | ||||||||
Pranash | 200 km (120 mi) | [70] | ||||||||
Pralay | Surface-to-surface SRBM | Inertial navigation system | 500 km (310 mi) | Mach 6.1 | Conventional High explosive Fragmentation |
TBD | In service | [5] |
Family | Name | Type | Guidance | Maximum range | Warhead | Introduction | Status | Image | Reference |
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Prithvi Defence Vehicle | Mark I/Mark II | Exoatmospheric ABM |
Ring laser gyro based inertial navigation system Imaging infrared homing |
5,000 km (3,100 mi) | Kinetic kill vehicle | TBD | In development | [71] |
Family | Name | Type | Guidance | Max Range |
Int. Alt. |
Max speed |
Warhead | Intr. | Status | Image | Ref |
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Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme Phase I |
Pradyumna | Exoatmospheric ABM | Inertial navigation system Active radar homing |
2,000 km (1,200 mi) | 80 km (50 mi) | Mach 5+ | Pre-fragmented Kinetic kill vehicle 40 kg |
2006 | In service | [72] | |
Advanced Air Defence | Endoatmospheric ABM | 150 km (93 mi) | 40 km (25 mi) | Mach 4.5 | Pre-fragmented Kinetic kill vehicle 40 kg |
2007 | [73] | ||||
Prithvi Defence Vehicle | Exoatmospheric ABM | Ring laser gyro based INS Infrared homing |
5,000 km (3,100 mi) | 180 km (110 mi) | Pre-fragmented Kinetic kill vehicle |
2019 | [74] | ||||
Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme Phase II | Prithvi Defence Vehicle Mark-II | 1,200 km (750 mi) | Mach 5+ | TBD | In development | [75] | |||||
AD-1 | Endoatmospheric ABM | TBA | [76] | ||||||||
AD-2 | Exoatmospheric ABM | [77] |
Family | Name | Type | Guidance | Maximum range | Altitude | Maximum speed | Warhead | Introduction | Status | Image | Reference |
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Pinaka | Pinaka Mk I | Multiple rocket launcher | Ring laser gyro based INS with GPS/NavIC | 37.5 km (23.3 mi) | 40 km (25 mi) | Mach 4 | High explosive, pre-fragmentated, cluster, anti-tank 250 kg |
1998 | In service | [78][79] | |
Pinaka Mk IE | 45 km (28 mi) | ||||||||||
Pinaka Mk II | 60 km (37 mi) | TBD | In trials | ||||||||
Guided Pinaka | 75 km (47 mi) | ||||||||||
Pinaka ERR 122 | 60 km (37 mi) | In development | |||||||||
Pinaka Mk II ER | 90 km (56 mi) | ||||||||||
Pinaka Mk III | 120 km (75 mi) |
Family | Name | Type | Guidance | Maximum range | Maximum speed | Warhead | Introduction | Status | Image | Reference |
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Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle | Hypersonic test bed | Mach 12 | 2019 | In testing | [80] |
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