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Indian #Defense Arsenal

#Missiles

#Thread

1. #Agni

Latest: Agni-5

Features:

a. Ballistic
b. Range: 5500-5800
c. Payload: 1500

Note: Under Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme we have developed Five Missiles

Agni 1, 2, Prithvi, Trishul, Nag and Akash

2. #Akash

Latest: Akash-NG, Akash Prime

Type: surface to air missile defense

3. #brahmossupersonicmissile

Features:

a. Supersonic cruise missile based on Ramjet Principle
b. Speed: Mach 2.5 to 2.8, it is world's fastest cruise missile
c. Range: Up to 300 kms (extended range of 450 km)
d. Built by a joint venture between India and Russia.

4. #Shourya

Features:

a. Surface to surface
b. Range: 750 Km
c. Speed: 7.5 mach

5. #QRSAM
QUICK REACTION SURFACE TO AIR MISSILES

Features:

a. Ballistic
b. Range: 25-30 km
c. Indigenous
d. All weather

Significance: It reinforces India's "Cold Start" Doctrine.

6. #MPATGM
MAN PORTABLE ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILE

Features:

a. fire and forget anti-tank guided missile
b. indigenously developed

7. SUPERSONIC MISSILE ASSISTED TORPEDO SYSTEM (SMART)

8. #PRALAY

9. #Python-5

Features:

a. air-to-air missile developed by Israeli weapon manufacturer

10. #BarakoParaKayLeniKiko

Features:

a. Surface to Air
b. Range: 70 kms
c. jointly developed by DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries

11. #Heat-Abhyas

Features:

a. High-speed Expendable Aerial Target
b. Abhyas is designed for autonomous
flying with the help of an autopilot

12. #SANT (Stand OFF Anti Tank)

13. VERTICALLY LAUNCHED SHORT RANGE SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE (VL-SRSAM)

Features:

a. Range: 15 km

14. #Astra

Features:

a. Beyond-visual-range active radar homing air-to-air missile
b. Range: from 70km+
c. Speed : Mach 4.5

15. #RUDRAM

Features:

a. air-to-surface indigenous, anti-radiation missile
b. Range: 100 km
c. For guidance it has a "passive homing head" a system that can detect classify and engage targets (radiofrequency source in this case) over a wide band of frequencies as programmed

#Overview