LIST OF IMPORTANT MISSILES IN INDIA AND THEIR RANGE PDF

Historical Background:

»  Mysorean rockets were the first iron-cased rockets that were successfully deployed for military use.

»  Hyder Ali, the 18th century ruler of Mysore, and his son and successor, Tipu Sultan used them effectively against the British East India Company.

»  Realizing the importance of guided missile weapon systems in the modern warfare, a Special Weapon Development Team (SWDT) was formed in 1958. This team was later expanded into DRDL.

»  In 1970s, the Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) undertook the Project Devil and Project Valiant.

»  The Project Devil was aimed to produce short range surface-to-air missile.

»  The project Valiant was aimed to produce long-range ballistic missile.

»  Both Projects were considered failures.

»  Project Valiant was terminated in 1974 and Project Devil ended in 1980.

Types of Missiles:

1.   Ballisitc Missiles

2.  Cruise Missiles

Ballistic Missile

A ballistic missile is a missile (rocket) that follows a ballistic trajectory with the objective of delivering one or more warheads to a predetermined target. These missiles are guided for brief duration just in starting phase of trajectory and the rest of the path is like a free falling projectile under gravity.

Examples: All the variants of Prithvi are SRBMs while Agni I to Agni IV are IRBM while Agni V and Agni VI are ICBMs

Ballistic missiles, based on launch mode can be classified as:

Surface-to-Surface Missile, Surface-to-Air Missile, Surface to-Sea Missile, Air-to-Air Missile, Air-to-Surface Missile, Sea-to-Sea Missile, Sea-to-Surface Missile, Anti-Tank Missile.

Ballistic missiles, based on maximum range can be classified as:

Short Range Missile (SRBM)

Medium Range Missile (MRBM)

Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM)

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)

Cruise Missile

A cruise missile is a guided missile used against terrestrial targets that remains in the atmosphere and flies the major portion of its flight path at approximately constant speed. These missiles are self navigating and fly at extremely low altitudes to avoid being caught by radars. Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhead over long distances with high accuracy.

Examples: Brahmos and Nirbhay 

Depending upon the speed such missiles are classified as:
1) Subsonic cruise missile [Flies at a speed lesser than that of sound.(0.8 Mach)]
2) Supersonic cruise missile [Exceeds the speed of sound (Mach 2-3)]
3) Hypersonic cruise missile[Travels at a speed of more than 5 Mach.]

* The speed of Mach 1 is equal to the speed of sound.

Complete List of all Indian Missiles with Range, Type and Speed

Missile Name	Origin	Type	Range	Speed
Air-to-air missiles
Astra Missile	India	Air-to-Air Missiles	60 – 80 km	Mach 4 +
K-100	Russia & India	Medium Range air-to-air missile	300–400 km	Mach 3.3
Surface-To-Air Missiles
Akash Missile	India	Medium-range surface-to-air missile	30-35km	Mach 2.5 to 3.5
Barak 8	Isreal /India	Long Range surface to air Missile	100 km	Mach 2
Defence Missile
Prithvi Air Defence (PAD)	India	Exo-atmospheric Anti-ballistic missile	Altitude- 80km	Mach 5+
Advanced Air Defence (AAD)	India	Endoatmospheric Anti-ballistic missile	Altitude- 30km	Mach 4.5
Prithvi Defence Vehicle (PDV)	India	Exo-atmospheric Anti-ballistic missile	Altitude- 120km
Cruise Missiles
Nirbhay	India	Subsonic cruise missile(Ship, submarine, aircraft and land)	1,000 -1500 km	Mach 0.8
BrahMos	Russia & India	Supersonic cruise missile(Ship, submarine, aircraft and land)	290 km	Mach 2.8 to 3 Mach
BrahMos II	India	Hypersonic cruise missile(Ship, submarine, aircraft and land)	300km	Mach 7
Surface-to-surface Missiles
Agni-I	India	Medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM)	700-1250 km	Mach 7.5
Agni-II	India	Intermediate-range ballistic missile(IRBM)	2,000–3,000 km	Mach 12
Agni-III	India	Intermediate-range ballistic missile(IRBM)	3,500 km – 5,000 km	5–6 km/s
Agni-IV	India	Intermediate-range ballistic missile(IRBM)	3,000 – 4,000 km	Mach 7
Agni-V	India	Intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM)	5000 – 8000Km	Mach 24
Prithvi I	India	Short Range Ballistic Missile(Tactical)	150 km
Prithvi II	India	Short Range Ballistic Missile(Tactical)	350 km
Dhanush	India	Short Range Ballistic Missile(Tactical)	350 – 600 km
Prahaar(Pragati)	India	Short Range Ballistic Missile(Tactical)	150 km	Mach 2.03
Shaurya	India	Medium-Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM)	750 to 1,900 km	Mach 7.5
Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles
Sagarika (K-15)	India	Ballistic Missile	700 – 1900Km	Mach 7+
K-4	India	Ballistic Missile	3,500–5,000 km	Mach 7+
K-5	India	Ballistic Missile	6,000 km
Anti-Tank Missile
Nag	India	Anti-Tank Guided Missile	4km	230 m/s
Helina(HELIcopter launched NAg)	India	Anti-Tank Guided Missile	7-8km