List of Indian military missiles

This is an organized list of all of the missiles that are in usage by the Indian Armed Forces and development by Defence Research and Development Organisation.

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Strategic

Ballistic

Family	Name	Type	Guidance	Maximum range	Maximum speed	Warhead	Introduction	Status	Image	Reference
Agni	Agni-I	Surface-to-surface MRBM	Ring laser gyro INS infrared homing active radar homing	1,200 km (750 mi)	Mach 24	Conventional or Nuclear High explosive Cluster munition Incendiary Thermobaric	2002		^[1]
	Agni-P			2,000 km (1,200 mi)			2021		In development	^[2]
	Agni-II			3,500 km (2,200 mi)			2010		In service	^[3]
	Agni-III	Surface-to-surface IRBM		5,000 km (3,100 mi)			2011			^[4]
	Agni-IV			4,000 km (2,500 mi)			2014			^[5]
	Agni-V	Surface-to-surface ICBM		8,000 km (5,000 mi)			2018			^[6]
	Agni-VI			16,000 km (9,900 mi)			TBD		In development	^[7]
Surya				16,000 km (9,900 mi)	Mach 27	Conventional or Nuclear MITRV	Unknown	Unconfirmed		^[8]
K missile family	K-15 (Sagarika)	Short range SLBM	Ring laser gyro INS Accelerometer	750 km (470 mi)	Mach 7.5	Conventional or Nuclear	2018	In service		^[9]
	K-4	Medium range SLBM		3,500 km (2,200 mi)						^[10]
	K-5	Intermediate range SLBM		5,000 km (3,100 mi)			TBD	In development		^[11]
	K-6	IC SLBM		8,000 km (5,000 mi)						^[11]

Cruise

Family	Name	Type	Guidance	Maximum range	Maximum speed	Warhead	Introduction	Status	Image	Reference
BrahMos	BrahMos Block I	Supersonic ship launched AshM/LAM	INS + Sat Nav Active radar homing	290 km (180 mi)	Mach 3	Conventional or Nuclear Armour-piercing 300 kg	2007	In service		^[12]
		Supersonic land launched AshM/LAM		290 km (180 mi)			2010
	BrahMos Block II	Supersonic land launched LAM		290 km (180 mi)			2012
	BrahMos Block III			290 km (180 mi)			2013
	Submarine launched BrahMos	Supersonic submarine launched AshM/LAM		290 km (180 mi)			2013
	BrahMos ER	Multi-platform multirole Supersonic CM		600 km (370 mi)			2022
	BrahMos NG			290 km (180 mi)			TBD	In development
	BrahMos-II	Hypersonic CM		1,000 km (620 mi)	Mach 8					^[13]
Nirbhay		Subsonic LAM	Ring laser gyro INS + GPS/NavIC Active radar homing Imaging infrared	1,500 km (930 mi)	Mach 0.9	Conventional or Nuclear Fragmentation	2019	In service		^[14]

Tactical

Anti-tank

Family	Name	Type	Guidance	Maximum range	Speed	Warhead	Introduction	Status	Image	Reference
DRDO Anti Tank Missile		ATGM	Wire guided	1.6 km (0.99 mi)	91 m/s	HEAT	-	Cancelled		^[15]
Nag	Prospina	Land-attack ATGM	Charge-coupled device Infrared homing	4 km (2.5 mi)	230 m/s	Tandem HEAT 8 kg	2016	In service		^[16]
	HeliNa/Dhruvastra	Air-launched ATGM		10 km (6.2 mi)			TBD	In development		^[17]
	Stand off Anti-Tank missile	Standoff Air-launched ATGM	Charge-coupled device Millimeter wave Active radar homing	20 km (12 mi)						^[18]
	MPATGM	Man-portable ATGM		2.5 km (1.6 mi)						^[19]
Amogha missile	Amogha-1	ATGM	Semi-automatic command to line of sight	2.8 km (1.7 mi)		HEAT				^[20]
	Amogha-II	Air-launched ATGM		2.8 km (1.7 mi)			TBD	Proposed		^[21]
	Amogha-III	Man-portable ATGM	Imaging infrared Electro-optical	2.5 km (1.6 mi)						^[21]
SAMHO		Cannon launched ATGM	Semi-active laser homing	5 km (3.1 mi)		Tandem HEAT	TBD	In development		^[22]^[23]^[24]

Anti-ship

Family	Name	Type	Guidance	Maximum range	Speed	Warhead	Introduction	Status	Image	Reference
Naval Anti-ship Missile	NASM-SR	Short range AShM	INS with satellite guidance Imaging infrared	55 km (34 mi)	Mach 0.8	Conventional or Nuclear 100 kg	TBD	In development		^[25]^[26]
	NASM-MR	Medium range AShM		250 km (160 mi)	Mach 0.7	Conventional 150 kg
BrahMos	Brahmos-A	Cruise AShM	INS with satellite guidance Active radar homing	400 km (250 mi)	Mach 3	Conventional or Nuclear	2019	In service
Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART)		Long-range ASM	Inertial navigation system Acoustic homing	643 km (400 mi)		Conventional 50 kg	TBD	In development		^[27]

Air-to-air

Family	Name	Type	Guidance	Maximum range	Speed	Warhead	Introduction	Status	Image	Reference
Astra	Astra Mk1	Beyond visual range AAM	Fibre-optic gyro based INS Active radar homing	110 km (68 mi)	Mach 4.5	High-explosive Pre-fragmented 15 kg	2018	In Service		^[28]^[29]
	Astra Mk2			160 km (99 mi)			TBD	In development		^[30]^[31]^[32]
	Astra Mk3			350 km (220 mi)						^[30]
Novator KS-172			INS Active radar homing	300 km (190 mi)	Mach 3.3	High-explosive Fragmented	2007	In Service		^[33]
Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet				350 km (220 mi)	Mach 4.5		TBD	In development		^[34]^[35]^[36]
MICA				60 km (37 mi)	Mach 4	12 kg				^[37]

Air-to-surface

Family	Name	Type	Guidance	Maximum range	Speed	Warhead	Introduction	Status	Image	Reference
Rudram	Rudram-1	Air to surface ARM	Inertial navigation system MMW Active radar homing	150 km (93 mi)^[38]	Mach 2	Conventional Pre-fragmented 55 kg	TBD	In development		^[39]
	Rudram-2		INS + SatNav IIR homing	300 km (190 mi)	Mach 5.5	Conventional Pre-fragmented 155 kg
	Rudram-3			550 km (340 mi)		Penetration and blast

Surface-to-air

Family	Name	Type	Guidance	Max Range	Int. Alt.	Max speed	Warhead	Intr.	Status	Image	Ref
VSHORAD		Short range/ Man-portable SAM	Infrared homing	6 km (3.7 mi)	3.5 km (2.2 mi)	Mach 1.5	High-explosive Pre-fragmented 2 kg	TBD	In development		^[40]
Trishul		Short range SAM	Command to line-of-sight	11 km (6.8 mi)		Mach 2	High-explosive Pre-fragmented 15 kg	1983	Retired		^[41]
Akash	Akash Mk I	Medium range SAM	Command guidance Active radar homing	30 km (19 mi)	18 km (11 mi)	Mach 3	High-explosive Pre-fragmented 60 kg	2009	In service		^[42]
	Akash Mk II			40 km (25 mi)	20 km (12 mi)			TBD	In development		^[43]
	Akash-NG			70 km (43 mi)	20 km (12 mi)						^[44]^[45]^[46]
Maitri		Quick reaction SAM	30 km (19 mi)						Shelved
QRSAM			INS with datalink Active radar homing	30 km (19 mi)	14 km (8.7 mi)	Mach 4.7	High-explosive Pre-fragmented 32 kg	2022	In service		^[47]
VL-SRSAM		Short range SAM	Fibre-optic gyro based INS Active radar homing	50 km (31 mi)	16 km (9.9 mi)	Mach 4.5	High-explosive Pre-fragmented	TBD	In development		^[48]
SAMAR				40 km (25 mi)					In service		^[49]^[50]
Barak 8	MRSAM	Medium range SAM	INS Active radar homing	70 km (43 mi)	16 km (9.9 mi)	Mach 2	Kinetic kill vehicle 60 kg	2020	In service		^[51]
	LRSAM	Long range SAM		Mach 3+	100 km (62 mi)	20 km (12 mi)		2019			^[52]
	ERSAM	Extended range SAM			150 km (93 mi)	30 km (19 mi)
S-400		Mobile long-range SAM	Semi-active radar homing	Mach 14	380 km (240 mi)	40 km (25 mi)	High-explosive Pre-fragmented	2021	In service		^[53]
XR-SAM		Long range SAM			400 km (250 mi)			TBD	In development		^[54]^[55]

Surface-to-surface

Family	Name	Type	Guidance	Maximum range	Maximum speed	Warhead	Introduction	Status	Image	Reference
Prithvi	Prithvi-I	Surface-to-surface TBM	Inertial navigation system	150 km (93 mi)		Conventional or Nuclear Fragmentation Thermobaric	1994	In service		^[56]
	Prithvi-II	Surface-to-surface SRBM		350 km (220 mi)			2003			^[57]
	Prithvi-III			600 km (370 mi)			2004			^[58]
	Dhanush	Surface-to-surface ASBM		750 km (470 mi)			2018			^[59]
Shaurya		Surface-to-surface MRBM	Ring laser gyro INS Accelerometer	1,900 km (1,200 mi)	Mach 7.5	Conventional or Nuclear	TBD	In deployment		^[60]
Prahaar	Prahaar	Surface-to-surface TBM	Fibre-optic gyro INS GPS/NavIC Active radar homing	150 km (93 mi)	Mach 4	Conventional or Nuclear High explosive Cluster munition		In development		^[61]
	Pragati			170 km (110 mi)						^[62]^[63]
	Pranash			200 km (120 mi)						^[64]
Pralay		Surface-to-surface SRBM	Inertial navigation system	500 km (310 mi)	Mach 6.1	Conventional High explosive Fragmentation	TBD	In service		^[65]

Anti-satellite

See also: Mission Shakti

Family	Name	Type	Guidance	Maximum range	Warhead	Introduction	Status	Image	Reference
Prithvi Defence Vehicle	Mark I/Mark II	Exoatmospheric ABM	Ring laser gyro based inertial navigation system Imaging infrared homing	5,000 km (3,100 mi)	Kinetic kill vehicle	TBD	In development		^[66]

Missile defence

Family	Name	Type	Guidance	Max Range	Int. Alt.	Max speed	Warhead	Intr.	Status	Image	Ref
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)^[67]	Mach 5+	Pre-fragmented Kinetic kill vehicle 40 kg	2006	In service		^[68]
	Advanced Air Defence	Endoatmospheric ABM		150 km (93 mi)	40 km (25 mi)^[67]	Mach 4.5	Pre-fragmented Kinetic kill vehicle 40 kg	2007			^[69]
	Prithvi Defence Vehicle	Exoatmospheric ABM	Ring laser gyro based INS Infrared homing	5,000 km (3,100 mi)	180 km (110 mi)		Pre-fragmented Kinetic kill vehicle	2019			^[70]
Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme Phase II	Prithvi Defence Vehicle Mark-II				1,200 km (750 mi)	Mach 5+		TBD	In development		^[71]
	AD-1				TBA						^[72]^[73]
	AD-2										^[74]

Multiple rocket

Family	Name	Type	Guidance	Maximum range	Altitude	Maximum speed	Warhead	Introduction	Status	Image	Reference
Pinaka	Pinaka Mk I	Multiple rocket launcher	Ring laser gyro based INS with GPS/NavIC	37.5 km (23.3 mi)	40 km (25 mi)	Mach 4	High explosive, pre-fragmentated, cluster, anti-tank 250 kg	1998	In service		^[75]^[76]
	Pinaka Mk IE			45 km (28 mi)
	Pinaka Mk II			60 km (37 mi)				TBD	In trials
	Guided Pinaka			75 km (47 mi)
	Pinaka ERR 122			60 km (37 mi)					In development
	Pinaka Mk II ER			90 km (56 mi)
	Pinaka Mk III			120 km (75 mi)

Others

Family	Name	Type	Guidance	Maximum range	Maximum speed	Warhead	Introduction	Status	Image	Reference
Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle		Hypersonic test bed			Mach 12		2019	In testing		^[77]

See also

• List of active Indian military aircraft

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