Agni V

Range : 5000-5600 Km

Status -Testing and Validation

Type: Medium Range Ballistic Missile.

Agni V is the first Inter Continental Ballistic Missile developed by DRDO with the claimed range of ~5000 Km with a 17.5M height and max payload of 1500 Kgs. This missile's range has been a topic of controversy as chinese reports and some Indian sources indicate the range exceeding 7500 to 8000 km and intentionally downplayed by Indian officials to avoid international criticism. Agni V re-entry vehicle is configured to deliver 2-10 nuclear warheads. The missile was specifically designed to road mobile and rugged. Future iteration of Agni V will be canistered, the length of the missile also points towards a possible SLBM variation.

Comparable systems in South Asian region: DF4 (PRC)

Agni - III

Range: 3500-5000 Km

Status: Testing

Type: Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

Agni III is an IRBM developed by DRDO and produced by Bharat Dynamics for the Indian Strategic Forces Command. It is currently the longest ranging missile in service with the Indian forces. With Circular error probability of 40 meters, it is one of the most sophisticated and accurate missile in IRBM class. For development of long range sophisticated missile systems, Advanced system Laboratories was established within the DRDO group. ASL was responsible for developing the new solid motor propulsion system for the Agni III. The two stage missile uses indigenous ring laser gyro based inertial navigation. Agni III also provides a higher payload capacity with Mk4 Re-entry vehicle capable of supporting varied munition both conventional and nuclear ranging from 1300lbs to 4000 lbs. 17M stubby height makes Agni III to be highly mobile and suited for naval application. The program spawned the K4 series submarine launched ballistic missile.

Comparable Missile system in South Asian Region: Agni IV (India)

Agni-II

Range :2000 - 3000Km

Status- Operational

Type: Medium Range Ballistic Missile

Agni II is classified as a strategic ballistic missile by the strategic force command of India. It's range and weight places at the cusp of a medium and an Intermediate range ballistic missile. Agni II was developed by India to mitigate the risks posed by rampant proliferation of long range missile technology from North Korea to Pakistan. The onus was to build on proven technology of Agni 1 series. Agni II is a rapid deployment system for the SFC and can be deployed within 15 mins. Agni II still has an active upgrade program in place which saw the Agni II Prime with composite air frame, reduced weight and increased range and Mk2 Re-entry Vehicle optimized of 220KT Nuclear Warhead.

Comparable Missile system in South Asian Region: Ghauri II (Pak), Shaheen II (Pak), DF21 (PRC)

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,

Shaurya 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

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.

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