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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 under development missile was first mentioned in the 2023 Year End Review of the Ministry of Defence, and was named Long Range – Anti Ship Missile (LRAShM). [22] In 2024, it was reported that the LRAShM and its land-based variant would form a part of the proposed Integrated Rocket Force along with Pralay, BrahMos, Nirbhay and Pinaka MBRL.
Missile defense systems are a type of missile defense intended to shield a country against incoming missiles, such as intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) or other ballistic missiles. The United States , Russia , India , France , Israel , Italy , United Kingdom , China and Iran have all developed missile defense systems.
Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme Phase I Pradyumna: Exoatmospheric ABM: Inertial navigation system Active radar homing: 2,000 km (1,200 mi) 80 km (50 mi) Mach 5+ Pre-fragmented Kinetic kill vehicle 40 kg 2006 In service [73] Advanced Air Defence: Endoatmospheric ABM: 150 km (93 mi) 40 km (25 mi) Mach 4.5 Pre-fragmented Kinetic kill ...
Akash is a medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation , Ordnance Factories Board and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) in India. [28] [29] The missile system can target aircraft, cruise missiles, air to surface missiles and ballistic missiles up to 30 km to 60 km away, at ...
' Armour ') is an anti-missile naval decoy system to distract radar-guided missiles from their targets and act as a system for self-defence. It was designed and developed by the Ordnance Factory Board for the Indian Navy.
Barak 8 (Hebrew: בָּרָק, lit."Lightning"), also known as LR-SAM or MR-SAM and Barak MX, [9] [10] [11] is an Indian-Israeli jointly developed surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, designed to defend against any type of airborne threat including aircraft, helicopters, anti-ship missiles, and UAVs as well as ballistic missiles, [12] cruise missiles and combat jets. [13]
The Indian anti-satellite (ASAT) program utilized spin off technologies from Indian ABM systems. India is developing a multi-layered and multi-phased missile defence system to defend against hostile ballistic and cruise missiles. The exo-atmospheric interceptors meant to be used against ICBMs, which have lofted trajectories and fly at high ...