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K (named after Abdul Kalam) are submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) of India. SLBM variants of Agni missiles meant to arm India's nuclear submarines, their ranges vary from medium-range K-15 to intercontinental range K-6 (missile). [57] The Shaurya missile is a land attack variant of K-15 missile. The missile has a hypersonic speed and ...
Prithvi (missile) Prithvi-I (SS-150) surface-to-surface tactical ballistic missile: Strap-down inertial navigation system: 150 km (93 mi) High explosives, penetration, cluster munition, fragmentation, thermobaric, chemical weapon and tactical nuclear weapon: 1994 Being withdrawn [6] Prithvi-II (SS-250) surface-to-surface SRBM: 250 to 350 km ...
The missile features measures to deceive anti-ballistic missiles. [citation needed] The missile was inducted into India's Strategic Forces Command in 2003. [13] After a failed test on 24 September 2010, [14] two more missiles aimed at two different targets were launched on 22 December 2010 and were successful. [15]
Second phase of Anti-ballistic Missile defense test with AD-1 missile. The Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme is an initiative to develop and deploy a multi-layered ballistic missile defence system to protect India from ballistic missile attacks. It was launched in 2000 after the Kargil War by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. [1]
The missile's active radar seeker, with a homing range of 25 km (16 mi), was designed by Russia's Concern Morinformsystem-Agat but manufactured within India. [11] The seeker can lock-on to a target with a radar cross section of 5 square metres from a distance of 15 km and enables off-boresight launches up to an angle of 45°. [ 19 ]
The Prithvi missile (from Sanskrit पृथ्वी pṛthvī "Earth") is a family of tactical surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) and is India's first indigenously developed ballistic missile. Development of the Prithvi began in 1983, and it was first test-fired on 25 February 1988 from Sriharikota, SHAR Centre ...
Agni missiles consist of one (short range) or two stages (intermediate-range). These are rail and road mobile and powered by solid propellants. Agni-I is used by the Strategic Force Command (SFC) of the Indian Army. [1] The latest missile test occurred on 13 July 2012, when India test-fired Agni I successfully at Abdul Kalam Island off Orissa ...
The Vertical Launch – Short Range Surface to Air Missile, or VL-SRSAM is a quick reaction surface-to-air missile developed by the Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). [ 5 ] During mid-course flight, the missile uses fibre-optic gyroscope based inertial guidance mechanism while in terminal phase uses active radar homing .