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The Indian Armed Forces uses various types of ballistic and cruise missiles.[1][2] In India, the Defence Research and Development Organisation is the major body that is involved in the research and development of missiles.[3] Public sector units and some of the private organizations are involved in the manufacture of the missiles, often in collaboration with foreign manufacturers.[4] India also procures missiles from foreign manufacturers and agencies.[5]
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Anti-tank
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Anti-ship
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Air-to-air
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Air-to-surface
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Family | Name | Type | Designer | Guidance | Range | Speed | Warhead | Intr. | Status | Image | Ref. |
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Kh-59 Ovod | Kh-59ME | ASM | ![]() |
INS Active radar homing | 200 km (120 mi) | Mach 0.88 | Conventional Pre-fragmented |
In service | 2002 | ![]() |
[5] |
Popeye | ![]() |
INS Infrared homing |
78 km (48 mi) | Conventional Pre-fragmented 340 kg |
2006 | ![]() | |||||
BrahMos | BrahMos A | Supersonic ALCM | ![]() ![]() |
INS + Sat Nav Active radar homing |
450 km (280 mi) | Mach 3 | Conventional or Nuclear Armour-piercing 300 kg |
2019 | ![]() | ||
SCALP-EG | ASM | ![]() |
INS, GPS, TERPROM | 550 km (340 mi) | Mach 0.95 | BROACH 550 kg |
2022 | ||||
AASM Hammer | ![]() |
INS, GPS | 70 km (43 mi) | General-purpose bomb 250 kg |
2023 | ![]() | |||||
Rudram | Rudram-1 | Air to surface ARM | ![]() |
INS Active radar homing | 150 km (93 mi)[39] | Mach 2 | Conventional Pre-fragmented 55 kg |
TBD | In development | ![]() |
[40] |
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 |
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Surface-to-air
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Family | Name | Type | Designer | Guidance | Range | Alitude | Speed | Warhead | Intr. | Status | Image | Ref. |
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Trishul | Short range SAM | ![]() |
Command to line-of-sight | 11 km (6.8 mi) | Mach 2 | High-explosive Pre-fragmented 15 kg |
1983 | In service | [41] | |||
S-125 Neva/Pechora | V601 | ![]() |
35 km (22 mi) | 18 km (11 mi) | Mach 3 | High-explosive Pre-fragmented 60 kg |
1987 | ![]() |
[5] | |||
Seacat | ![]() |
5 km (3.1 mi) | Mach 0.8 | Continuous rod | 1987 | ![]() | ||||||
9K33 Osa | 9M33 | ![]() |
15 km (9.3 mi) | 12 km (7.5 mi) | Mach 2.9 | High-explosive Pre-fragmented 15 kg |
1990 | ![]() | ||||
9K35 Strela-10 | 9M37 | ![]() |
5 km (3.1 mi) | 3.5 km (2.2 mi) | Mach 0.5 | High-explosive Pre-fragmented 5 kg |
1990 | ![]() | ||||
2K22 Tunguska | 9M311 | ![]() |
9 km (5.6 mi) | 3.5 km (2.2 mi) | Mach 1 | Continuous rod 9 kg |
1999 | |||||
Buk | 9M38 | ![]() |
30 km (19 mi) | 20 km (12 mi) | Mach 3 | High-explosive Pre-fragmented |
2001 | ![]() | ||||
9M317 | 50 km (31 mi) | 25 km (16 mi) | Mach 4 | High-explosive Pre-fragmented 62 kg |
2013 | ![]() | ||||||
Barak 1 | ![]() ![]() |
12 km (7.5 mi) | 5.5 km (3.4 mi) | Mach 2.1 | High-explosive Pre-fragmented 22 kg |
2004 | ![]() | |||||
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 | ![]() |
[42] | |
Akash Mk II | 40 km (25 mi) | 20 km (12 mi) | TBD | In development | [43] | |||||||
Akash-NG | 70 km (43 mi) | 20 km (12 mi) | [44][45] | |||||||||
Barak 8 | MR-SAM | |![]() ![]() |
INS Active radar homing |
70 km (43 mi) | 16 km (9.9 mi) | Mach 2 | Kinetic kill vehicle 60 kg |
2020 | In service | ![]() |
[46] | |
LR-SAM | Long range SAM | 100 km (62 mi) | 20 km (12 mi) | Mach 3+ | 2019 | [47] | ||||||
ER-SAM | Extended range SAM | 150 km (93 mi) | 30 km (19 mi) | |||||||||
QRSAM | Quick reaction SAM | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
[48] | ||
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 | ![]() |
[49] | |||
SAMAR | SAMAR I | Infrared homing | 12 km (7.5 mi) | Mach 2.5 | 2024 | [50][51] | ||||||
SAMAR II | Semi-active radar homing | 20 km (12 mi) | Mach 2.5 | TBD | In development | |||||||
S-400 | Mobile long-range SAM | ![]() |
380 km (240 mi) | 40 km (25 mi) | Mach 14 | 2021 | In service | [52] | ||||
9K38 Igla | Igla-1 | Man-portable SAM | ![]() |
Infrared homing | 5 km (3.1 mi) | 3.5 km (2.2 mi) | Mach 1.7-1.8 | High-explosive Pre-fragmented 1.17 kg |
1991 | In service | ![]() |
[5] |
Igla | 5.2 km (3.2 mi) | 2003 | ||||||||||
Igla-S | 6 km (3.7 mi) | High-explosive Pre-fragmented 2.5 kg |
2012 | |||||||||
9K34 Strela-3 | ![]() |
4.5 km (2.8 mi) | 3 km (1.9 mi) | Mach 1.5 | High-explosive Pre-fragmented 1.15 kg |
1985 | ![]() | |||||
9K32 Strela-2 | 4.3 km (2.7 mi) | 2.3 km (1.4 mi) | 1996 | ![]() | ||||||||
FIM-92 Stinger | ![]() |
8 km (5.0 mi) | Mach 2.2 | High-explosive Pre-fragmented 3 kg |
2020 | ![]() | ||||||
Kusha | MR-SAM | Medium range SAM | ![]() |
150 km (93 mi) | High-explosive Pre-fragmented |
TBD | In development | [53][54] | ||||
ER-SAM | Long range SAM | 250 km (160 mi) | ||||||||||
XR-SAM | Extended range SAM | 350 km (220 mi) | ||||||||||
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 | ![]() |
[55] | ||
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Surface-to-surface
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Anti-satellite
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Family | Name | Type | Design | Guidance | Range | Warhead | Intr. | Status | Image | Ref. |
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Prithvi Defence Vehicle | Mark I/Mark II | Exoatmospheric ABM |
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Ring laser gyro based inertial navigation system Imaging infrared homing |
5,000 km (3,100 mi) | Kinetic kill vehicle | TBD | In development | ![]() |
[81] |
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Guided bombs
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Family | Name | Type | Designer | Guidance | Warhead | Intr. | Status | Image | Ref. |
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Paveway | Paveway-III | Guided bomb | ![]() |
Beam riding | 907 kg | 1994 | In service | ![]() |
[5] |
BGL | ![]() |
1995 | ![]() | ||||||
Griffin LGB | ![]() |
2006 | ![]() | ||||||
KAB-500 | KAB-500L | ![]() |
450 kg | 2007 | ![]() | ||||
Spice | Spice 2000 | ![]() |
113 kg | 2009 | |||||
Sudarshan | ![]() |
450 kg | 2013 | ![]() |
[82] | ||||
CBU | SBU-97 | ![]() |
2017 | ![]() |
[5] | ||||
Krasnopol | Guided shell | ![]() |
50 kg | 2001 | ![]() | ||||
M982 Excalibur | ![]() |
5.4 kg | 2020 | ![]() |
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Loitering munition
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Name | Type | Designer | Range | Speed | Warhead | Intr. | Status | Image | Ref. |
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SPIKE Firefly | Loitering munition | ![]() |
2021 | In service | [83] | ||||
Harpy | ![]() |
1,000 km (620 mi) | 417 km/h (259 mph) | 16 kg | 2000 | ![]() |
[5] | ||
Harop | 100 km (62 mi) | 370 km/h (230 mph) | 7.7 kg | 2014 | ![]() | ||||
Hoverbee | ![]() |
2024 | [84] | ||||||
JM-1 | ![]() |
TBD | Ordered | [85] | |||||
Nagastra | ![]() |
2024 | In service | [86] | |||||
Skystriker | ![]() ![]() |
2024 | [87] | ||||||
Warmate | ![]() |
250 km (160 mi) | 150 km/h (93 mph) | 5 kg | 2022 | ![]() |
[88] | ||
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Missile defence
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Family | Name | Type | Designer | Guidance | Range | Altitude | 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 | ![]() |
[89] |
Advanced Air Defence | Endoatmospheric ABM | 150 km (93 mi) | 40 km (25 mi) | Mach 4.5 | Pre-fragmented Kinetic kill vehicle 40 kg |
2007 | ![]() |
[90] | ||||
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 | [91] | |||||
Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme Phase II | Prithvi Defence Vehicle Mark-II | 1,200 km (750 mi) | Mach 5+ | TBD | In development | ![]() |
[92] | |||||
AD-1 | Endoatmospheric ABM | TBA | ![]() |
[93] | ||||||||
AD-2 | Exoatmospheric ABM | [94] |
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Multiple rocket
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Family | Name | Type | Designer | Guidance | Range | Altitude | Speed | Warhead | Intr. | Status | Image | Ref. |
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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 | ![]() |
[95][96] |
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) |
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Others
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Name | Type | Designer | Guidance | Range | Speed | Warhead | Intr. | Status | Image | Ref. |
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Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle | Hypersonic test bed | ![]() |
Mach 12 | 2019 | In testing | ![]() |
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