TheIndian Armed Forces uses various types ofballistic andcruise missiles.[1][2] In India, theDefence Research and Development Organisation is the major body that is involved in the research and development of missiles.[3]Public sector units and some of the private organizations are involved in the manufacture of the missiles, often in collaboration with foreign manufacturers.[4] India also procures missiles from foreign manufacturers and agencies.[5]
| Family | Name | Type | Designer | Guidance | Range | Speed | Warhead | Intr. | Status | Image | Ref. |
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| ULPGM | V1 | ASM |  DRDO | IIR homing | 2 km (1.2 mi) | N/A | 2 kg (4.4 lb) | In service | |||
| V2 | two-waydatalink | 6 km (3.7 mi) | N/A | ||||||||
| ULM-ER | Multiple | 10 km (6.2 mi) | N/A | In development | |||||||
| Kh-59 Ovod | Kh-59ME |  MKB Raduga | INSActive radar homing | 200 km (120 mi) | Mach 0.88 | Conventional Pre-fragmented | 2002 | In service |  | [5] | |
| Popeye |  Rafael | INS Infrared homing | 78 km (48 mi) | Conventional Pre-fragmented 340 kg | 2006 |  | |||||
| BrahMos | BrahMos A | SupersonicALCM | NPO MashinostroyeniyaDRDO | INS +Sat Nav Active radar homing | 450 km (280 mi) | Mach 3 | Conventional orNuclear Armour-piercing 300 kg | 2019 |  | ||
| SCALP-EG | ASM |  MBDA | INS,GPS,TERPROM | 550 km (340 mi) | Mach 0.95 | BROACH 550 kg | 2022 |  | |||
| AASM Hammer |  Safran | INS,GPS | 70 km (43 mi) | General-purpose bomb 250 kg | 2023 |  | |||||
| Rudram | Rudram-1 | Air to surfaceARM | DRDO | INSActive radar homing | 150 km (93 mi)[40] | Mach 2 | Conventional Pre-fragmented 55 kg | TBD | In development |  | [41] |
| Rudram-2 | INSSatNav IIR homing | 350 km (220 mi)[42] | Mach 5.5 | Conventional Pre-fragmented 155 kg /Bunker buster | |||||||
| Rudram-3 | 550 km (340 mi) | Bunker buster | |||||||||
| Family | Name | Type | Design | Guidance | Range | Warhead | Intr. | Status | Image | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prithvi Defence Vehicle | Mark I/Mark II | Exoatmospheric ABM | DRDO | Ring laser gyro basedinertial navigation system Imaging infrared homing | 5,000 km (3,100 mi) | Kinetic kill vehicle | TBD | In development |  | [84] |
| Family | Name | Type | Designer | Guidance | Warhead | Intr. | Status | Image | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paveway | Paveway-III | Guided bomb |  Texas Instruments | Beam riding | 907 kg | 1994 | In service |  | [5] |
| BGL | Matra | 1995 |  | ||||||
| Griffin LGB | IAI | 2006 | _with_Griffin_Laser_Guided_Bomb%2c_Litening_LDP_and_Vympel_R-73E_SRAAM.jpg) | ||||||
| KAB-500 | KAB-500L | TMC | 450 kg | 2007 |  | ||||
| Spice | Spice 2000 | Rafael | 113 kg | 2009 |  | ||||
| Sudarshan | DRDO | 450 kg | 2013 |  | [85] | ||||
| CBU | SBU-97 | Textron | 2017 |  | [5] | ||||
| Krasnopol | Guided shell | KBP | 50 kg | 2001 |  | ||||
| M982 Excalibur | ARL | 5.4 kg | 2020 | .jpg) | |||||
| Family | Name | Type | Designer | Guidance | Range | Altitude | Speed | Warhead | Intr. | Status | Image | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme Phase I | Pradyumna | ExoatmosphericABM | DRDO | 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 |  | [86] |
| Advanced Air Defence | EndoatmosphericABM | 150 km (93 mi) | 40 km (25 mi) | Mach 4.5 | Pre-fragmented Kinetic kill vehicle 40 kg | 2007 |  | [87] | ||||
| Prithvi Defence Vehicle | ExoatmosphericABM | Ring laser gyro basedINS Infrared homing | 5,000 km (3,100 mi) | 180 km (110 mi) | Pre-fragmented Kinetic kill vehicle | 2019 | [88] | |||||
| Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme Phase II | Prithvi Defence Vehicle Mark-II | 1,200 km (750 mi) | Mach 5+ | TBD | In development | | [89] | |||||
| AD-1 | EndoatmosphericABM | TBA |  | [90] | ||||||||
| AD-2 | ExoatmosphericABM | [91] |
| Family | Name | Type | Designer | Guidance | Range | Altitude | Speed | Warhead | Intr. | Status | Image | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinaka | Pinaka Mk I | Multiple rocket launcher | DRDO | Ring laser gyro basedINS withGPS/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 |  | [92][93] |
| 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) |
| Name | Type | Designer | Guidance | Range | Speed | Warhead | Intr. | Status | Image | Ref. |
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| Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle | Hypersonic test bed | DRDO | Mach 12 | 2019 | In testing |  | [94] |
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