Indian Army has wide range of missiles and many are developed in the IGMDP (Integrated Guided Missile Development Program) which is managed by DRDO ( Defense Research And Development Organization). The main role of DRDO in Defense is that it is responsible for the development and future research in the field of Military. There are many missiles in the army and we now have a look at the five major developments in the IGMDP during the years of early 1980's to 2008.
Prithvi Missile System:
This missile come's under the category of tactical surface to surface short range ballistic missiles and prithvi is the first indigenous ballistic missile. This project started in 1983, It has three variants and this missile is code named as Dhanush for the navy variant. The Prithvi 1&2 are available in navy and both are used for surface targets. There are variants for the indian air force also and it also has a capability to carry nuclear war heads.
Prithvi 1 has a range of 150 km's and has capacity to carry a pay load of 1000 kg's.
Prithvi 1 has a range of 350 km's and has capacity to carry a pay load of 350 to 750 kg's.
Prithvi 1 has a range of 350 to 600 km's and has capacity to carry a pay load of 500 to 1000 kg's.
Agni Missile System:
This missile come's under the category of Medium to Intercontinental range ballistic missile. Agni at first had 1500 km's range when it was as a technology demonstrated version. But it was a solid and liquid based fuel. The soild and liquid stage fueling took more time, so they changed it to all solid varient in the development stage.
Agni 1 has a range of 700 to 1250 km's and has a capacity to carry a pay load of 1000 kg's.
Agni 2 has a range of 2000 to 3500 km's and has a capacity to carry a pay load of 750 to 1000 kg's.
Agni 3 has a range of 3500 to 5000 km's and has a capacity to carry a pay load of 2000 to 2500 kg's.
Agni 4 has a range of 3000 to 4000 km's and has a capacity to carry a pay load of 800 to 1000 kg's.
Agni 5 has a range of 5500 to 5800 km's and has a capacity to carry a pay load of 1500 kg's.
There is new missile Agni 6 which is in testing stage it's range is 8000 to 10000 km's.
All these class missile's are nuclear capable. Agni 4 &5 are developed under Agni 4&5 projects respectfully, they not developed in the IGMDP.
Trishul Missile System:
This missile is developed under the IGMDP and is used against low level (sea skimming) targets at short range. This missile in navy is used to defend naval vessels against missiles, and on land is used as a surface to air missile. The government of India has shut down this missile but it is kept as a technology demonstrator.
Akash Missile System:
Akash is a medium range surface to air missile. This missile can travel in supersonic speeds and can reach up to Mach 2.5. The rage of the missile 30 km's and it has two variants one for army and other for ari force. The army version uses T-72 tank as a launch vehicle and for the radar. The air force variant uses a Ashok layland truck as a platform. This missile uses a radar guidance and the name of the radar is Rajendra. Rajendra derived for the army is called battery level radar III, and the Rajendra radar derived for the air force is called battery level II and it is carried on a BMP-2 chassis.
Nag Missile System:
This missile is india's third generation Fire and Forget anti tank missile. It is a all weather, top attack missile with a range of 3 to 7 km's. It can also be launched from a helicopter.
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