All about Indian Missiles
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This article is about various types of Indian Missiles. We will discuss the ranges of Indian Missiles and the speed of Indian Missiles. We will see the list of surface to surface Indian Missiles and Cruise Indian Missiles.
Introduction:
Here are mentioned all types of missiles which owned by India. In this article one can understand and memorize all Indian missiles for exam point of view.
Importance of Missiles:
Missiles are very important weapons for the defence system of any country. Country’s strength in defence can be concluded by missiles owned by it.
India has established huge artillery in different types of missile for strengthening defence system of India.
There are different types of Indian missiles which are described as below:
Air-to-Air missile:
| Name | Range (in Km) | Speed |
| Astra | 80-110 | Mach 4.5+ |
| MICA | 500 m-80 Km | Mach 4 |
| Navotor K-100 | 300-400 | Mach 3.3 |
Surface-to-Air missile:
| Name | Range (in Km) | Speed |
| Akash Missile
I. Akash- 1S II. Akash Mk-II III. Akash-NG
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I. 18-30 II. 35-40 III. 50+ |
Mach 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Prithvi Missile | 2000 | Mach 8 |
| Trishul | 9 | – |
| Barak -8 | 100 | Mach 2 |
Cruise missile:
| Name | Range (in Km) | Speed |
| Nirbhay | 1,000 – 1500 | Mach 0.8 |
| BrahMos | 290 | Mach 2.8 to 3 Mach |
| BrahMos II | 450 – 600 | Mach 7 |
Surface-to-Surface missile:
| Name | Range (in Km) | Speed |
| Prithvi- I | 150 | – |
| Prithvi- II | 300 | – |
| Shaurya | 750 to 1,900 | – |
| Dhanush | 350 – 600 | – |
| Prahar | 150 | – |
| Agni – I | 700-1250 | Mach 7.5 |
| Agni- II | 2,000–3,000 | Mach 12 |
| Agni- III | 3,000 | 5–6 km/s |
| Agni- IV | 4,000 | Mach 7 |
| Agni- V | 5,000 km | Mach 24 |
Anti-Tank guided missile:
| Name | Range (in Km) | Speed |
| Helina | 7 – 10 | – |
| Nag | 500 m – 4 km | 230 m/s |
| Amogh | 2.8 | – |
Ballistic missile:
| Name | Range (in Km) | Speed |
| A.) Submarine launched Ballistic Missiles:
1) Sagarika (K-15) 2) K-4 3) K-5
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1) Around 750 Km 2) Around 3,000 km 3) Around 5,000 km |
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| B.) Ballistic Missile defence system:
1. Prithvi Air Defence 2. Advanced Air Defence
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1. Altitude – 80 km 2. Altitude – 30 km |
1. Mach 5+ 2. – |
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