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Missiles of India

Technology · भारत की मिसाइलें · 18 facts

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Agni series are India's ballistic missiles (range up to 5000+ km)

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Prithvi was India's first indigenous ballistic missile

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BrahMos is supersonic cruise missile (India-Russia joint)

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Akash is India's medium-range surface-to-air missile

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Nag is anti-tank guided missile

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Trishul is short-range surface-to-air missile

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Agni-5 has range of over 5000 km (ICBM class)

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K-15 Sagarika is submarine-launched ballistic missile

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BrahMos-II is planned hypersonic version (Mach 7)

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DRDO developed Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme

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APJ Abdul Kalam led India's missile programme

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Pinaka is India's multi-barrel rocket launcher system

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Shaurya is hypersonic surface-to-surface nuclear missile

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Nirbhay is India's first subsonic cruise missile

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Astra is India's beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile

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Pralay is India's quasi-ballistic surface-to-surface missile

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MPATGM is man-portable anti-tank guided missile by DRDO

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Mission Shakti tested ASAT weapon successfully (2019)