Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP)
- Prithvi Missiles – Short range surface-to-surface missile + Naval variant (Dhanush)
- Trishul Missiles – Short range low-level surface-to-air missile
- Akash Missiles – Medium range surface-to-air missile
- Agni Missiles – Agni 1,2,34 and 5
- Nag Missiles – Third-generation anti-tank missile
Brahmos Missiles
- It can be launched from:
àunder-water (submarines)
àships,
àaircraft or
à land (Cruise Missiles)- It is the World’s fastest cruise missile in operation (Brahmos)
- Brahmos – Mach 2.8 Supersonic Cruise Missile developed in collaboration with Russia – 300 km
- Brahmos 11– Mach 7 Hypersonic Cruise Missile in development collaboration with Russia
Akash Air Defence missile system
- Medium range Surface to air missile approx. 35 km
- Can engage multiple air targets while operating in fully autonomous mode
- Can carry conventional and nuclear warheads
- Can be launched from static or mobile platforms
- Can operate in all weather conditions.
- Developed under the integrated guided-missile development programme by Indian Space Research Organisation.
Nirbhay
- 1st long range subsonic cruise missile
- It Can be launched from land, sea and air(Cruise missile)
- Special Feature: A ring laser gyroscope for high-accuracy navigation and a radio altimeter for the height determination
- Strike range – 1000 km.
Nag Missile
- It is a “Fire-and-forget” anti-tank missile
- Can be mounted on an infantry vehicle
- It is an all-weather missile with a range of 3 to 7 kms.
- Uses Imaging Infra-Red (IIR) guidance with day and night capability
Surface to Air Missiles (Short Range)
Name Feature Range Akash surface-to-air 30 km Trishul surface-to-air 12 km Maitri surface-to-air 15 km
Surface to Surface
Submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM)
Name Range (Km) Dhanush 350 Sagarika (K15) 700 K4 3500 K5 6000 Ballistic Missiles are generally launched from land or sea
- Generally carry a nuclear warhead and are very heavy & have much larger range
- Only guided during relatively brief periods of flight, and most of its trajectory is unpowered and governed by gravity (and air resistance if in the atmosphere
- Long range intercontinental ballistic missiles are launched at a steep,sub-orbital flight trajectory and spend most of their flight out of the atmosphere
- Shorter range ballistic missiles stay within theEarth’s atmosphere
- Examples include Agni Missiles, Prithvi Missiles, Akash, Trishul, Maitri, Dhanush, Sagarika, K4, K5
Cruise missiles
- Can be launched from air, land and sea
- Powered by their own engines and wings to strike the target
- Speed: Sub-sonic (.8 mach), supersonic (3 mach) or hypersonic (5 mach)
- Precision: Highly accurate & fly within Earth’s atmosphere
- Weapons: Generally, carry conventional warheads although some cruise missiles can also be equipped with nuclear warheads
- Examples: Brahmos, Nirbhaya
In both Ballistic missiles and Cruise missiles, flight path is pre-determined and very small maneuverings during the flight are possible.
