Tuesday 17 March 2015

INDIA'S MOST IMPORTANT MISSILES

List of Indian Missiles

In a modern military, a missile is a self-propelled guided weapon system. Missiles have four system components: targeting and/or guidance, flight system, engine, and warhead. Find here list of Indian missiles with their range and current status.

1. Prithvi-I (SS-150)(Range: 150 km, Payload: 1000 kg, User: Army)
2. Prithvi-II (SS-250)(Range: 250 km - 350 km, Payload: 500 kg - 1000 kg, User: Air Force, Army)
3. Prithvi-III (SS-350)(Range: 350 km - 600 km, Payload: 250 kg - 500 kg, User: Army, Air Force, Navy)
4. Agni-I(Range: 700 – 1,200 km, Type: MRBM, User: Army, Air Force)
5. Agni-II(Range: 2,000 – 2,500 km, Type: IRBM, User: Army, Air Force)
6. Agni-III(Range: 3,000 – 5,000 km, Type: IRBM, User: Army, Air Force)
7. Agni-IV(Range: 2,500 – 3,700 km, Type: IRBM, User: Army, Air Force)
8. Agni-V(Range: 5,000 – 8,000 km, Type: ICBM, User: Army, Air Force)
9. Agni-VI(Range: 8,000 – 10,000 km, Type: ICBM, User: Army, Air Force)
10. K-15(Range: 750 km, Weight: 10 tonne, Warhead: 1 tonne, length: 10 m)
11. K-4(Range: 3,500-5,000 km, Weight: 17 tonnes, Warhead: 1 tonne - 2.5 tonnes, length: 10 m)
12. K-5(Range: 6,000 km, Weight: Unspecified, Warhead: 1 tonne, length: Unspecified)
13. BrahMos(Type: Supersonic, Range: 290 km, Status: Inducted)
14. Shaurya (Type: Hypersonic, Range: 1000-1800 Km, Status: Inducted)
15. SRSAM (Type: Hypersonic, Range: 15 Km, Status: Inducted)
16. Pinaka (Range: 40 km, Status: Inducted)
17. Nag (Range: 4km, Status: Induction)
18. Akash (Range: 30 Km , Status: Inducted)
19. Phase-I:(Status: Development completed)
20. MRSAM(Range: 70 km, Used: Air force)

Some other Indian Missiles that are either in development phase or in testing phase are :

1. BrahMos-2(Type: Hypersonic, Range: 290 km, Status: In development)
2. Long-Range Cruise Missile (LRCM) (Type: Supersonic, Range: 1000 km, Status: In development)
3. Pinaka 2 (Range: 120 km, Status: Design Phase)
4. Nag 2(Range: 7 km, Status: In development)
5. Akash MK2(Range: 45 -50 KM, Status: In development)
6. Astra missile Mk2(Range: 100-120 km, Status: Design Phase)
7. Phase-II(Status: In design Phase)
8. Prahaar(Range: 150 KM, Status: In Test Phase)
9. Astra(Range: 80 km, Status: In Trail Phase)
10. Helina(Range: 7Km, Status: In Test Phase)
11. LRSAM (Range: 70 Km, Status: testing phase)
12. Trishul (Range: 8-12 Km, Status: Closed)

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