K4 - SLBM

The K-4 is a project of the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) and it was kept secret for many years. The missile is approximately 12 metres (39 ft) long, has diameter of 1.3 metres (4 ft 3 in) and weighs 17 tonnes (19 tons). It can carry a warhead up to 2 tonnes (2.2 tons) and uses solid propellant. This missile could be best characterised as a hypersonic cruise missile as it remains within the earth’s atmosphere during its entire flight duration. To make it even more survivable, it follows a zig-zag path in three dimensions. Defence scientists involved in the missile's development stated that the aim of the missile was to achieve a high accuracy, with a close to zero Circular error probable (CEP)

Type: two-stage ship-to-surface missile

Designer : DRDO 

Deployed: India

Range:  3500 - 4000 km

Engine: Two stage, solid fueled rocket motors

Platform: Arihant class SSBN, Follow on SSBNs

Sagarika Missile

Development of the K-15 missile started in the late 1990s with the goal of building a submarine-launched ballistic missile for use with the Indian Navy nuclear-powered Arihant class submarines.Sagarika has a length of 10 metres (33 ft), diameter of 0.74 metres (2 ft 5 in), weighs 17 tonnes and can carry a payload of up to 1,000 kilograms (2,205 lb) over 700 kilometres (435 mi). It was developed at the DRDO’s missile complex in Hyderabad
The missile was successfully test fired seven times, and tested to its full range up to four times. The tests of February 26, 2008 was conducted from a submerged pontoon 50 metres (160 ft) beneath the surface off the coast of Visakhapatnam.

Type: two-stage ship-to-surface missile

Designer : DRDO

Deployed: India

Range: 700 to 1900 km 

Engine: Two stage, solid fueled rocket motors

Platform: Arihant Class Submarine

M1 Volna

Variant: V-601

Type: Naval air defence missile system 

Deployed: India, China, Mynamar

Designer: Almaz Central Design Bureau 

Range: 4–22 km

Engine: solid propellant engine

Platform: Rajput class destroyer,

Kashtan CIWS

The weapon is a modular system comprising a command module and typically 2 combat modules, although the number can be as many as 8 in the case of Admiral Kuznetsov or the Indian Vikramaditya. The command module detects and tracks threats, distributes targeting data to the combat modules, and interrogates IFF of approaching threats. The command module has a 3-D target detection radar, and an all weather multi-band integrated control system. Depending on the number of installed combat modules, the system can engage multiple targets simultaneously.

The combat modules automatically track using either radar, electro-optronic control system (such as FLIRs) or both, and then engages targets with missiles and guns. The combat modules are typically equipped with two GSh-30k (AO-18K) six-barrelled 30 mm gatling guns, fed by a link-less feeding mechanism, and two 9M311 launchers equipped with 4 ready-to-fire missiles each and fed by a reloading system storing 32 missiles in ready-to-launch containers.
The guns used in the Kashtan are the GSh-30k six-barrelled 30 mm gatling gun. Individually, each GSh-30k has a higher rate of fire compared to other guns used by other CIWS such as the GAU-8 on the Goalkeeper and the M61 Vulcan on the Phalanx. Along with a high rate of fire, the fairly heavy round (390 g or 14 oz) used by the Kashtan is comparable to the DU round of the GAU-8 Avenger (425 g or 15.0 oz), although the muzzle velocity (and therefore both the kinetic impact and effective range) is slightly lower, partially offsetting the high caliber and rate of fire.
The missiles used in the Kashtan are the 9M311 missiles, which is also used on the 9K22 Tunguska. The 9M311 is a SACLOS guided missile, however, it is steered automatically by the command module. The warhead weighs 9 kilograms (20 lb) and is either laser or radio fuzed. The warhead is a continuous-rod warhead with a steel cube fragmentation layer. The detonation of the warhead will form a complete circle of fragmentation that is 5 meters in radius, and damage or destroy anything in that circle.

Variant: 9M311M

Type: Naval air defence gun-missile system

Designer:KBP Instrument Design Bureau

Deployed: India, China, 

Range: 10 Km

Engine: solid propellant engine/ 6 Barrel Gattling gun

Platform: Talwar class frigate, INS Vikramaditya, Project 17A class frigate.

Dhanush Missile

Prithvi III class (codenamed Dhanush meaning Bow) is a two-stage ship-to-surface missile. The first stage is solid fuelled with a 16 metric ton force (157 kN) thrust motor. The second stage is liquid fuelled. The missile can carry a 1,000 kg warhead to a distance of 350 km and a 500 kg warhead to a distance of 600 kilometres and a 250 kilogram warhead up to a distance of 750 kilometres. Dhanush is a system consisting of a stabilization platform (Bow) and the Missile (Arrow). Supposedly it is a customised version of the Prithvi and that the additional customizations in missile configuration is to certify it for sea worthiness. Dhanush has to be launched from a hydraulically stabilized launch pad. Its low range acts against it and thus it is seen a weapons either to be used to destroy an aircraft carrier or an enemy port.


Type: two-stage ship-to-surface missile

Designer : DRDO

Deployed: India

Range: 350 - 750 km 

Engine: Two stage, solid/liqued fueled rocket motors

Platform: Sukanya class patrol craft

Gabriel Missile

Developed in the early 1990s is related to the Gabriel Mk III but larger and more massive with a turbojet engine for sustained flight. It is distinguishable from the Mk III because of its swept wings with cropped tip. Like the Mk III, it has 3 guidance modes: Fire and Forget, Fire and Update with data link, and Fire and command using Radar update

Variant: Gabriel IV

Type: Sea-skimming Anti Ship Missile 

Deployed: India

Designer:Israel Aerospace Industries

Range: 200 km

Engine: solid propellant engine/ turbo Jet

Platform: Delhi class destroyer, Kolkatta class destroyer.

Brahmos

Brahmos is the world's fastest cruise missile in operation.The missile travels at speeds of Mach 2.8 to 3.0.The land launched and ship launched versions are already in service with air launched and submarine launched versions currently under testing phase. An Air launched variant of Brahmos is planned which is expected to come out in 2012 and will make India the only country with supersonic cruise missiles in their army, navy, and air force.A hypersonic version of the missile is also presently under development with speed of Mach 7 to boost aerial fast strike capability. It is expected to be ready for testing by 2017.

Variants: Brahmos BlkI, Brahmos BlkII, Brahmos Blk III, Brahmos 2 hypersonic (under development), Brahmos 3 (Underdevelopment- lighter version) 

Type: Stealth supersonic Land Attack/Anti-Ship cruise missile

Deployed: India

Designer: NPO Mashinostroyenia/DRDO 

Range: 290 Km Sea Skimming, 500 Km High Trajectory

Engine: Two-stage integrated Rocket/Ramjet

Platform: Il-38, Tupolev Tu-142, Super SU 30MKI, Kilo Class Submarine, Talwar class frigate, Shivalik class frigate, Godavari class frigates, Brahmaputra class frigates, Rajput class destroyers, Kolkata Class Destroyers, Delhi class destroyer, Mig29K (Brahmos 3), Rafale (Brahmos 3), Mig29 UPG (Brahmos 3).

Shtil1/KUB SA-N-12

In 2004, the first demonstration module of the new 9M317ME missile was presented by Dolgoprudniy Scientific and Production Plant for the upgraded 3S90M "Shtil-1" naval missile system (jointly with 'Altair'). Designed primary for the export purpose, its latest variant used a vertical launch missile which is fired from under-deck silos clustered into groups of twelve, twenty-four or thirty-six. The first Shtil-1 systems were installed into ships exported to India and China.

Type: Short range surface-to-air missile

Designer: Tikhomirov NIIP, MNIIRE Altair

Deployed: India, China

Range: 15-30 km 

Engine: solid propellant engine

Platform: Shivalik class frigate, Delhi class destroyer,

Barak 1 Missile

The Barak SAM system is designed to replace or complement gun-based CIWS platforms, such as the Phalanx CIWS, with a more flexible and longer-range SAM. The missiles are mounted in an eight cell container (which requires little maintenance) and are launched straight up. The Barak SAM system's launcher utilizes a compact vertical launching system, with an 8-cell module weighing 1,700 kg. Fire control is provided by an equally compact C3I system that weighs 1,300 kg, which can either operate independently or in conjunction with other on-board sensors. Its C3I radar system provides 360-degree coverage and the missiles can take down an incoming missile as close as 500 meters away from the ship. Each Barak system (missile container, radar, computers and installation) costs about $24 million. The system is designed to defend against aircraft and anti-ship missiles, including sea-skimming missiles.

Type: Short range surface-to-air missile

Designer:Israel Aerospace Industries & Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

Deployed: India, 

Range: 12 km 

Engine: solid propellant engine

Platform: INS Viraat, Delhi class destroyer, Rajput class destroyer, Shivalik class frigate, Brahmaputra class frigate, Godavari class frigate, Kamorta class corvette, 

Exocet Missile

The Exocet is built by MBDA, a European missile company. Development began in 1967 by Nord as a ship-launched missile named MM 38. A few years later Aerospatiale and Nord merged. The basic missile body design was based on the Nord AS30 air to ground tactical missile.


Type: Anti-ship missile, Land attack missile

Designer: Aérospatiale-Matra/ MBDA

Deoployed: India, Pakistan

Range: 180 kilometres

Engine: solid propellant engine, turbojet (MM40 Block 3 version)

Platform: Scorpene Submarine, Mirage 2000, Rafale, Agosta 90B, 

P-15 Termit 4K40, SS-N-2B Styx,

The P-15 Termit (Russian: П-15 "Термит"; English: termite) is an anti-ship missile developed by the Soviet Union's Raduga design bureau in the 1950s. Its GRAU designation was 4K40, its NATO reporting name was Styx or SS-N-2. In Russian service today it also seems to be called the Rubezh.[citation needed] China acquired the design in 1958 and created at least four versions: the CSS-N-1 Scrubbrush and CSS-N-2 versions were developed for ship-launched operation, while the CSS-C-2 Silkworm and CSS-C-3 Seersucker were used for coastal defense. Other names for this basic type of missile include: HY-1, SY-1, and FL-1 Flying Dragon (Chinese designations typically differ for export and domestic use, even for otherwise identical equipment).

In the 1971 India-Pakistan war, P-15 (NATO name Styx) missiles were used by the Indian Navy during Operation Trident and Operation Python. The Indian Navy sank the PNS Muhafiz (minesweeper) and PNS Khyber (destroyer) and badly damaged the PNS Shah Jahan (destroyer) which was written off. The Indian Navy reportedly fired 13 Styx missiles during the war, 12 of which hit, sinking several ships and destroying the petroleum storage facilities at Karachi.

Variants: P15 M, P-20M

Type: Anti-ship missile, Land attack missile

Deployed: India, China

Designer: Raduga MKB 

Range: 40 KM, 80 Km

Engine: Liquid fuel rocket, solid rocket booster

Platform: Veer class corvette, Khukri class corvette, Godavari class frigate

P-270 Moskit, SS-N-22 Sunburn

The exact classification of the missile is unknown, with varying types reported. This uncertainty is due to the secrecy surrounding an active military weapon. The Moskit is one of the missiles known by the NATO codename SS-N-22 Sunburn. It reaches a speed of Mach 3 at high altitude and Mach 2.2 at low-altitude. This speed is triple the speed of the subsonic American Harpoon. When slower missiles, like the Harpoon or the French Exocet are used, the maximum theoretical response time for the defending ship is 120 to 150 seconds. This long response time provides time to launch countermeasures and employ jamming before deploying "hard" defense tactics such as launching missiles and using quick-firing artillery. But the high speed of the 3M82 "Mosquito" missiles reduce the maximum theoretical response time for the defending ship to 25 to 30 seconds. This short response time makes jamming and countermeasures very difficult, and firing missiles and quick-firing artillery even more difficult.

Variants: 3M80M

Type: Anti-ship missile, Anti-submarine missile, Land attack cruise missile

Deployed: China, India

Designer: Raduga MKB

Range: 300 KM

Engine: Four ramjets (solid fuel rocket on air-to-surface version)

Platform: Veer class corvette, Kora Class corvette,Su 27, Su30mkk, SU30 MKI, J11, J15,

3M-54 Klub Missile

3M-54 Klub is a multi-role missile system developed by the Novator Design Bureau(OKB-8). Its NATO reporting name is SS-N-27. Both submarine and surface ship launched versions exist. The system is designed to accept various warheads, allowing its use against surface and subsurface naval combatants along with static land targets. In one variant, the 3M-54E (Sizzler), the final stage makes a supersonic 'sprint' to its target, reducing the time the target's defense systems have to react. The 3M-54E1 subsonic missile is roughly comparable to both the American Tomahawk cruise missile and the ASROC missile but is smaller and has a shorter range.

Variants: KLUB N 3M-54E, KLUB N 3M-54E1, KLUB S 91RE1, KLUB S 91RE2

Type: Anti-ship/Land attack Supersonic cruise missile

Deployed: India, China

Designer: Novator OKB

Range: 300 KM

Engine: Multi-stage Solid-Fuel rocket, Turbojet engine for 3M-54E/E1, -14E, Solid fuel rocket for 91RE1/2

Platform: Sindhughosh Class Submarine, Shivalik class frigate, Talwar class frigate, Tu-22M3

Derby Missile

Also known as the Alto, the Derby missile is a BVR, medium-range (~50 km) active radar homing missile. Though technically not part of the "Python" family, the missile is basically an enlarged Python-4 with an active-radar seeker.

Type: Medium range Air to Air missile

Designer: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

Deployed: India

Range: 50-60 Kms

Engine: Solid-fuel rocket motor.

Platform: Dassault Mirage 2000-2005 Mk 2, Dassault Rafale, LCA Tejas, Sea Harrier FRS Mk.51, Mig 29UPG, SU30MKI

Python IV Missile

The Python-4 fourth generation A/A missile, in operational use in the Israeli Air Force , features a novel "no escape volume" performance with a unique aerodynamic configuration for superior agility. The state-of-the-art, high performance seeker incorporates an advanced IRCM & background rejection capabilities. The missile includes a highly effective fragmentation warhead. Python 4 is a very nimble "fire and forget" missile with an improved maneuvering capability. It has an advanced homing head with a lateral "squint" capability which allows it to receive signals from the line of vision of the pilot who sees the enemy plane through a special (Elbit-developed) helmet. The missile receives these signals and hits the enemy plane without requiring the pilot to steer his aircraft at the enemy plane. The Python 4 can be launched at a range of over 15 km, its warhead is over 11 kg, and its electromagnetic proximity fuze is one of the best in the world.

Type: Short range Air to Air missile

Designer: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

Deployed: India

Range: 20 Kms

Engine: Solid-fuel rocket motor.


Platform: Dassault Mirage 2000-2005 Mk 2, Dassault Rafale, LCA tejas, Sea Harrier FRS Mk.51, Mig 29UPG, SU30MKI

KH 59 ME (KINGBOLT)

The Kh-59ME has an external turbofan engine below the body just forward of the rear wings, but retains the powder-fuel accelerator. It also has a dual guidance system consisting of an inertial guidance system to guide it into the target area and a television system to guide it to the target itself.The 36MT turbofan engine developed for the Kh-59M class of missiles is manufactured by NPO Saturn of Russia.

Target coordinates are fed into the missile before launch, and the initial flight phase is conducted under inertial guidance. At a distance of 10 km from the target the television guidance system is activated. An operator aboard the aircraft visually identifies the target and locks the missile onto it.


Type: air-to-surface missile, anti-shipping missile


Deployed: India, China

Designer: Raduga OKB

Range: 115 Km To 200 Km

Engine: Rocket then turbofan

Platform: SU 30 MKI, SU 27, J11, Mig 29, Mig 27

KH 59 MK/M2

Type: active radar homing anti-ship mis,sile

Designer: Raduga OKB

Range: 285 Km

Engine: Rocket then turbofan

Platform: SU 30 MKI, Mig 29UPG, Mig 29K, Mig 27, LCA Tejas

Kh25 (AS-10 'Karen)

The Kh-25/Kh-25M is a family of Soviet lightweight air-to-ground missiles with a modular range of guidance systems and a range of 10 km. The anti-radar variant (Kh-25MP) is known to NATO as the AS-12 'Kegler' and has a range up to 40 km. Designed by Zvezda-Strela, the Kh-25 is derived from the laser-guided version of their Kh-23 (AS-7 'Kerry'). It has now been succeeded by the Kh-38 family, but the Kh-25 remains in widespread use.


Variants: KH25MP, KH25ML, KH25MA

Type: tactical air-to-surface missile / anti-radar missile

Deployed: India

Designer: Zvezda-Strela

Range: 10Kms

Engine: Fixed thrust solid fuel rocket

Platform: SU 30 MKI, Mig 29UPG, Mig 29K, Mig 27, Mig 21 bison,

R27 AA-10 Alamo

The R-27 is manufactured in infrared-homing (R-27T), semi-active-radar-homing (R-27R), and active-radar-homing (R-27AE) versions, in both Russia and the Ukraine. The R-27 missile is carried by the Mikoyan MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-27 fighters, and some of the later-model MiG-23MLD fighters have also been adapted to carry it.

Variants: R27R, R27T, R27ET, R27EP, R27ER 

Type: Medium-Long Range Air-to-Air Missile

Deployed: India, Bangladesh

Designer: Vympel MKB

Range: 80-130Kms

Engine: Solid-fuel rocket motor.

Platform: SU 30 MKI, Mig 29UPG, Mig 29K, LCA Tejas, Mig 21 bison,

Kh-66/23 (AS-7 'Kerry')

Variants: KH23M, KH23L, Kh-66

Type: tactical air-to-surface missile / anti-radar missile

Deployed: India

Designer: Zvezda-Strela

Range: 10Kms

Engine: Fixed thrust solid fuel rocket

Platform: Mig 27, Mig 21 bison, 

Sea Eagle

Type: Sea-skimming anti-ship missile

Designer: MBDA/BAe Dynamics

Deployed: India

Range: 130 Kms

Engine: Solid-fuel rocket motor.

Platform: Dassault Mirage 2000-2005 Mk 2, Dassault Rafale, Sea Harrier FRS Mk.51, Sea Harrier FRS Mk.51, Jaguar IM, Ilyushin Il-38, Tupolev Tu-142, Sea king Mk 42B