Missiles of India, Check Important Indian Missile List with Their Range

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Missiles of India: General Knowledge is very important subject of every competitive examination, defence knowledge is a keen part of this section. In this article we would be sharing the list of all Important Missiles of India that would help you in answering any question related to this topic. As Many defence exam is upcoming, at least one question is definitely going to come from this topic in General Awareness paper. Candidate should know about the missiles and their capability for the war.

Missiles of India

In military language, a missile is also known as a guided missile which is a guided self-propelled flying weapon usually propelled by a fighter jet engine or rocket motor. Missile in ordinary language means an object which can be thrown, shot, or propelled toward a target.

Missiles have four system components:

Targeting or missile guidance
Flight system
Engine and
Warhead.

Missiles come in different types adapted for multi purposes:

Surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missiles (ballistic, cruise, anti-ship, anti-tank, etc.)
Surface-to-air missiles (anti-ballistic),
Air-to-air missiles, and anti-satellite weapons missile

Important Indian Missile List

Indian Missile	Type of Missile	Range of the Missile
Brahmos	Supersonic Cruse Missile (Fastest cruise missile in the world)	290 Km
Brahmos II	Hypersonic Cruise Missile	300 Km
Astra	Air to Air Missile	60 to 80 Km
Nirbhay	Subsonic Cruise Missile	1000 to 1500 Km
Helina (Helicopter Launched Nag)	Anti Tank Missile	7 to 8 Km
K100	Air to Air Missile (Medium Range)	300 to 400 Km
Akash	Medium Range Surface to Air Missile	30 to 35 Km
Barack 8	Long Range Surface to Air Missile	100 Km
Trishul	Surface to Air Missile	0.5 Km to 9 Km
Agni I	Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile	700 to 1250 Km
Agni II	Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile	2000 to 3000 Km
Agni III	Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile	3500 to 5000 Km
Agni IV	Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile	3000 to 4000 Km
Agni V	Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile	5000 to 8000 Km
Agni VI	Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile (under development)	8000 to 12000 Km
Prithvi I	Surface to Surface short range Ballistic Missile	150 Km
Prithvi II	Surface to Surface short range Ballistic Missile	350 Km
Prithvi III	Surface to Surface short range Ballistic Missile	350 to 600 Km
Dhanush	Variant of the surface-to-surface or ship-to-ship Prithvi III missile	350 to 600 Km
Shaurya	Hypersonic surface-to-surface tactical missile	700 Km

India’s missile system serves a number of purposes in India’s defence strategy. Fundamentally, its ballistic missile weaponry is a mean to deliver nuclear weapons to counter both China and Pakistan. The military requirement has pushed India to develop longer range ballistic missiles and to diversify its delivery platforms beyond mobile land-based missiles.

In the era of modernization, India is developing ship- and sub-launched ballistic missiles, and has collaborated with Russia on cruise missile development to stand as a powerful nation.