List Of Missile Systems Of India

Agni

The Agni (Sanskrit: Fire) missile system comprises five missiles:

Agni I

Agni II

Agni III

Agni IV

Agni V

Agni-I is a family of Short to Intermediate range ballistic missiles developed by India under

theIntegrated Guided Missile Development Program. On 28 Mar 2010, a trial was conducted

with a special Strategic Forces Command (SFC) nuclear-capable Agni-I ballistic missile, with a

range of 700 km from the Wheelers Island off the coast of Orissa, thus making Agni-I missile

operational by army. It uses the SLV-3 booster for its first stage and a liquid-fueled Prithvi for its

second stage.

Agni-II missiles have a range of up to 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) and can carry a payload of

1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb). Unlike the Agni-I, the Agni-II has a solid-fueled second stage.

Agni -III  is an intermediate-range ballistic missile developed by India as the successor to Agni-

II. It has a range of 3,500 km- 5,000 km,and is capable of engaging targets deep inside

neighboring countries. The missile’s Circular error probable (CEP) is within 40 meters range,

which makes it the most sophisticated and accurate ballistic missile of its range class in the

world. In June 2011, it was reported that Agni-III has been inducted into the armed forces and is

under-production.

Agni-IV is the fourth in the Agni series of missiles which was earlier known as Agni II prime.

Agni-IV was tested on November 15, 2011 from Wheeler Island off the coast of the eastern state

of Orissa. With a range of 2,500-3,500 km..Agni-IV bridges the gap between Agni II and Agni

III. Agni IV can take a warhead of 1 ton. It is designed to increase the kill efficiency along with a

higher range performance. Agni IV is equipped with state-of-the-art technologies that include

indigenously developed ring laser gyro and composite rocket motor. Its a two-stage missile

powered by solid propellant. Its length is 20 meters and launches weight 17 tons. It can be fired

from a road mobile launcher.

Agni-V is an intercontinental ballistic missile developed by the Defence Research and

Development Organisation (DRDO) of India.On 19 April 2012 at 08.05 am, the Agni V was

successfully test-fired by DRDO from Wheeler Island off the coast of Orissa. It is part of

the Agni series of missiles, one of the missile systems under the original Integrated Guided

Missile Development Programme. According to DRDO chief, the exact range of Agni V is

"classified"] but afterwards he described Agni V as a missile with a range of 5,500-5,800 km.

Prithvi

The Prithvi (Sanskrit: "Earth") I is mobile liquid-fueled 150 kilometer tactical missile currently

deployed with army units. It is claimed that this missile is equipped only with various

conventional warheads (which stay attached to the missile over the entire flight path). The

missile is of particular interest to the United States (and potential buyers) in that has the

capability of maneuvering in flight so as to follow one of several different pre-programmed

trajectories. Based on the same design, a modified Prithvi, the Prithvi II, is essentially a longer-

ranged version of the Prithvi I except that it has a 250-kilometer range and a lighter payload. It is

suspected that any nuclear missions will be executed by the Prithvi II. Currently, the Prithvi II

has completed development and is now in production. When fielded, it will be deployed with air

force units for the purpose of deep target attacking maneuvers against objectives such as air

fields.

Prithvi I — Army Version (150 km range with a payload of 1,000 kg)

Prithvi II — Air Force Version (250 km range with a payload of 500 kg)

Prithvi III — Naval Version (350 km range with a payload of 500 kg)

The Prithvi missile project encompassed developing 3 variants for use by the Indian Army,

Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy. The initial project framework of the Integrated Guided

Missile Development Program outlines the variants in the following manner. in October 2009

India conducted 2 simultenous user trials of 350 km extended range Prithvi II to be used for

strategic purposes.

Brahmos

BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or

land. It is a joint venture between India's Defence Research and Development Organisation

(DRDO) and Russia's NPO Mashinostroeyenia who have together formed the BrahMos

Aerospace Private Limited. It travels at speeds of Mach 2.5 to 2.8 and is the world's fastest cruise

missile. It is about three-and-a-half times faster than the U.S.A's subsonic Harpoon cruise

missile. A hypersonic version of the missile is also presently under development (Lab Tested

with 5.26 Mach Speed). BrahMos claims to have the capability of attacking surface targets as

low as 10 meters in altitude. It can gain a speed of Mach 2.8, and has a maximum range of

290 km.The ship-launched and land-based missiles can carry a 200 kg warhead, whereas the

aircraft-launched variant (BrahMos A) can carry a 300 kg warhead. It has a two-stage propulsion

system, with a solid-propellant rocket for initial acceleration and a liquid-fueled ramjet

responsible for sustained supersonic cruise. Air-breathing ramjet propulsion is much more fuel-

efficient than rocket propulsion, giving the BrahMos a longer range than a pure rocket-powered

missile would achieve.

The high speed of the BrahMos likely gives it better target-penetration characteristics than

lighter subsonic cruise-missiles such as the Tomahawk. Being twice as heavy and almost four

times faster than the Tomahawk, the BrahMos has almost 32 times the initial kinetic energy of a

Tomahawk missile (although it pays for this by having only 3/5 the payload and a fraction of the

range despite weighing twice as much, suggesting a different tactical paradigm to achieve the

objective).

Although BrahMos is primarily an anti-ship missile, it can also engage land based targets. It can

be launched either in a vertical or inclined position and is capable of covering targets over a 360

degree horizon. The BrahMos missile has an identical configuration for land, sea, and sub-sea

platforms. The air-launched version has a smaller booster and additional tail fins for added

stability during launch. The BrahMos is currently being configured for aerial deployment with

the Su-30MKI as its carrier. India has produced more than 110 Brahmos by March 2011 as per

SIPRI, inducted 1 regiment of Brahmos Type-I GLCM with 67 missiles.

Shaurya

The Shaurya missile (Sanskrit: Valour) is a short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile

developed by DRDO of India for use by the Indian Army. It has a range of 600 km and is

capable of carrying a payload of one-tonne conventional or nuclear warhead. The Shaurya

missile provides India with a significant second strike capability.Shaurya Missile is considered a

land version of the Sagarika. This missile is stored in a composite canister just like

the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile. The composite canister makes the missile much easier to

store for long periods without maintenance as well as to handle and transport. It also houses the

gas generator to eject the missile from the canister before its solid propellant motors take over to

hurl it at the intended target. Shaurya missiles can remain hidden or camouflaged in underground

silos from enemy surveillance or satellites till they are fired from the special storage-cum-launch

canisters. DRDO Defence scientists admit that given Shaurya's limited range at present, either

the silos will have to be constructed closer to India's borders or longer-range missiles will have

to be developed. The Shaurya system will require some more tests before it becomes fully

operational in two-three years. Moreover, defense scientists say the high-speed, two-stage

Shaurya has high maneuverability which also makes it less vulnerable to existing anti-missile

defense systems. When Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems Advanced Air Defence (AAD)

and Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) are to be tested again, the Shaurya invulnerability to anti-missile

systems will be tested. The DRDO scientists also have said that if Shaurya is successful and

manages to avoid anti ballistic missile radars then the missile can even be used to improve the

AAD and PAD systems.

Sagarika

Sagarika (Sanskrit: Wave / Born from the Ocean) is a nuclear capable submarine-

launched ballistic missile with a range of 750 km. This missile has a length of 8.5 meters, weighs

seven tonnes and can carry a pay load of up to 500 kg. The development of this missile started in

1991. The first confirmation about the missile came in 1998.The development of the underwater

missile launcher known as the Project 78 (P78) was completed in 2001. This was handed over to

the Indian Navy for trials. The missile was successfully test fired thrice. The Indian Navy plans

to introduce the missile into service by the end of 2010. Sagarika missile is being integrated with

the Arihant class submarine that is expected to begin sea trials by 2009.Sagarika will form part

of the triad in India's nuclear deterrence and will provide with retaliatory nuclear strike

capability.

Sagarika has already been test-fired from an underwater pontoon, but now DRDO is planning a

full-fledged test of the missile from a submarine and for this purpose may use the services of a

Russian sub-marine. Eventually it could be introduced into as many as 5 ballistic missile

submarines.

Nirbhay

Nirbhay (Sanskrit "Fearless") is a long range, subsonic cruise missile being developed in India.

The missile will have a range of 1,000 km and will arm three services, the Indian Army, Indian

Navy and the Indian Air Force.The Nirbhay will be able to be launched from multiple platforms

on land, sea and air. The first test flight of the missile is expected in the year 2012. Nirbhay will

be a terrain hugging, stealth missile capable of delivering 24 different types of warheads

depending on mission requirements and will use inertial navigation system for guidance.There

are plans to arm the IL-76MDs with the aerial version of the missile.

3M-54 Klub

India has acquired around 200 3M-54 Klub for arming Talwar class frigate, Shivalik class

frigate, Kolkata class destroyer and Sindhughosh class submarine.The Russian 3M-54 Klub is a

multi-role missile system developed by the Novator Design Bureau (OKB-8) with a range of

250 km-300 km and an average speed of .8 Mach with a maximum of 2.9 Mach.India has both

the Klub-N and Klub-S variant to be used for Ships and Submarines respectively.Both the Klub-

N and Klub-S have been tested successfully. India currently has the 3M-54E, 3M-54E1, 91RE1

and 91RE2 variants. In addition the Navy has plans to arm the Tu-142 and Tu-22M with an air-

launched version. Due to Klub's longer range than BrahMos it may also be used in the Mirage

2000 and Su-30 MKI too. The Navy has shown interest in buying more Klubs which would be

incorporated on to the S-1000 submarine if bought by India. India is also keen on other Former

Soviet cruise missile such as the P-700 Granit and P-500 Bazalt.

P-70 Ametist

India has Soviet P-70 Ametist submarine-launched cruise missiles. The missile were mostly

probably bought in the early 90s and may be used today as canistered launched land based cruise

missiles instead of submarine launched cruise missiles. The missiles can carry nuclear warheads

and have a range of 50–65 km. Although they are extremely old and incompetent due to their

low range and speed, there are still reports that they are kept in reserve and can still be used due

to their upgrades in the late 90s.

Moskit

India has a number of operational Moskits.The P-270 Moskit is a

Russian supersonic ramjet powered cruise missile capable of being launched from land and

ships. India has most probably bought both land and ship variants which have a range of 120 km.

India bought around 200 Klub missiles and now it is believed that the Moskit have been kept in

reserve but can still be used.

Akash

Akash (Sanskrit: Sky) is India's medium range surface-to-air missile defense system The missile

can target aircraft up to 30 km away, at altitudes up to 18,000 m. Akash can be fired from both

tracked and wheeled platforms. Akash is said to be capable of both conventional and nuclear

warheads, with a reported payload of 60 kg.A nuclear warhead could potentially give the missile

the capability to destroy both aircraft and warheads from ballistic missiles. The missile is

described as being able to strike several targets simultaneously, which could mean either

separate, independently targetable warheads, or a sufficient blast to destroy a number of them.

Along with India, a limited number of other countries including the US and Russia have

developed operational multi-target handling surface-to-air missile systems capable of carrying a

nuclear warhead.

NAG

Nag (Sanskrit: cobra) is India's third generation "Fire-and-forget" anti-tank missile. It is an all

weather, top attack missile with a range of 3 to 7 km.

The missile uses an 8 kg tandem HEAT warhead capable of defeating modern armour including

ERA (Explosive Reactive Armour) and composite armour. Nag uses Imaging Infra-Red (IIR)

guidance with day and night capability. Mode of launch for the IIR seeker is LOBL (Lock On

Before Launch). Nag can be mounted on an infantry vehicle; a helicopter launched version will

also be available with integration work being carried out with the HAL Dhruv.

Separate versions for the Army and the Air Force are being developed. For the Army, the

missiles will be carried by specialist carrier vehicles (NAMICA-Nag Missile Carrier) equipped

with a thermal imager for target acquisition. NAMICA is a modified BMP-2 IFV licence

produced as "Sarath" in India.

Surya

The report of Surya ICBM (Sanskrit: Sun) has not been confirmed by officials of the Indian

government and have repeatedly denied the existence of the project.The Surya ICBM is

an ICBM program that has been mentioned repeatedly in the Indian press .Surya (meaning Sun

in Sanskrit and many other Indian languages) is the codename for the first Intercontinental

Ballistic Missile that India is reported to be developing. The DRDO is believed to have begun

the project in 1994.

India's nuclear capable missiles

Name Class Range Payload Status

Agni-I SRBM 700 km 1,000 kg Operational

Agni-II MRBM2,000 km -

3,000 km

500 kg -

1,000 kgOperational

Agni-III IRBM 5,000 km 2,490 kg Operational

Agni-IV MRBM3,000 km -

3,800 km

500 kg -

1,500 kgInduction by 2014-15

Agni-V ICBM5,000 km -

6,000 km1500 kg+ Induction by 2014-15

Agni-VI ICBM5,200 km -

10,000 km

700 kg -

1,400 kgUnder development

Dhanush SRBM 350 km 500 kgDeveloped but not

used

NirbhaySubsonic Cruise

Missile1,000 km  ? Under development

Brahmos ISupersonic Cruise

Missile290 km 300 kg Operational

Brahmos IIHypersonic Cruise

Missile290 km 300 kg Under development

P-70 Ametist Anti-shipping Missile 65 km 530 kg Operational

P-270 MoskitSupersonic Cruise

Missile120 km 320 kg Operational

Popeye ASM 78 km 340 kg Operational

Prithvi-I SRBM 150 km 1000 kg Operational

Prithvi-II SRBM 250 km 500 kg Operational

Prithvi-III SRBM 350 km 500 kg Operational

Sagarika (K-

15)SLBM

700 km -

2,200 km

150 kg -

1000 kg

Awaiting Arihant

SSBN's

K-4 SLBM 3,500 km150 kg -

1000 kgUnder trials

Shaurya TBM 700 km - 150 kg - Operational

2,200 km 1,000 kg