Indian Missiles List and Their Specifications

India has one of the most sophisticated missile defence systems in the world. This is an Indian Missiles list, with their ranges and specifications. India has both short-range and long-range missiles, as well as surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missiles. We also have ballistic and cruise missiles. This comprehensive list will tell you all you need to know about India’s impressive missile arsenal!

Indian Missiles List

A missile, sometimes known as a guided missile in military jargon, is a self-propelled flying weapon that is guided and propelled by a fighter jet engine or rocket motor. In everyday English, a missile is an object that may be launched, shot, or propelled at a target.

A missile has the following system components:

-Engine

-Targeting or missile guiding

-Warhead

-Flight System

Missiles are available in a variety of designs that can be used for a variety of purposes:

-Surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missiles are two types of missiles (ballistic, cruise, anti-tank, etc.)

-Air-to-air missiles, and anti-satellite weaponry missiles are all examples of anti-ballistic missiles.

-Surface-to-air missiles (anti-ballistic)

Indian missile list and Indian missiles range

Here is a list of Indian missiles range, name and their types:

• Brahmos: 290 km (Supersonic Cruise Missile)
• Brahmos II: 300 km (Hypersonic Cruise Missile)
• Agni-I: 700 km (Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile)
• Agni-II: 2000 km (Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile)
• Agni-III: 3000 km (Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile)
• Agni-IV: 4000 km (Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile)
• Agni-V: 5000 km (Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile)
• K100: 400 km (Air to Air Missile)
• Prithvi-I: 150 km (Surface to Surface short-range Ballistic Missile)
• Prithvi-II: 250 km (Surface to Surface short-range Ballistic Missile)
• Prithvi-III: 350–500 km (Surface to Surface short-range Ballistic Missile)
• Dhanush/Prithvi-IV: 350 km (Variant of the surface-to-surface or ship-to-ship Prithvi III missile)
• Astra: 80 km (Air to Air Missile)
• Nirbhay: 1000 km (Subsonic Cruise Missile)

Indian missile defence system

The Indian Missile Defense system aims to  put in place a multi-layered missile defence system to defend India against ballistic missile attacks. Phase 1 has been thoroughly tested and approved, and deployment is awaiting final approval. Phase 2 is currently being developed.

It is a two-tiered system consisting of two land and sea-based interceptor missiles, the Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) missile for high altitude interception and the Advanced Air Defence (AAD) Missile for lower altitude interception, which was introduced in response to the ballistic missile hazard from China and Pakistan. Any incoming missile launched from 5,000 kilometres away should be able to be intercepted by the two-tiered shield. An overlapping network of early warning and tracking radars, as well as command and control, are also part of the system.

Phase 1

The anti-ballistic missile system was first developed in 1999. The systems were developed in collaboration with around 40 public and commercial companies. Bharat Electronics Limited, Ordnance Factory Board and Bharat Dynamics are just a few of them.

The AAD missile’s mission control software was created by the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL). Navigation, electromechanical actuation technologies, and the active radar seeker were developed by the Research Centre Imarat (RCI). The motors, jet vanes, and structures for the AAD and PAD were provided by the Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL). The missile’s propellants were provided by the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL). The Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Program is led by the Research Centre Imarat and the Programme Air Defence (PGAD) in Hyderabad.

Phase 1 of the programme has been completed as of April 2019.

Phase 2

The development of two new anti-ballistic missiles capable of intercepting IRBMs is underway. The AD-1 and AD-2 high-speed missiles will intercept ballistic missiles with a range of about 5,000 kilometres (3,100 mi).

These two systems were supposed to go through their trials in 2011. The new missile will be similar to the United States’ Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile. To effectively intercept the target, these missiles will travel at hypersonic speeds and will require radars with a scanning capacity of nearly 1,500 km (930 mi). While verifying the completion of Phase I on May 6, 2012, Dr V. K. Saraswat noted that Phase II would be finished by 2016 to protect against missiles with a range of up to 5,000 km.

Conclusion 

 Indian missiles are some of the most advanced in the world. They have a variety of warheads and capabilities that make them formidable weapons systems. The table we’ve provided gives you an overview of the different missiles and their specifications. We hope this information is helpful for your studies.