Akash Missile

Akash is a surface-to-air missile with an intercept range of 30 km. It has a launch weight of 720 kg, a diameter of 35 cm and a length of 5.78 metres. Akash flies at supersonic speed, reaching around Mach 2.5. It can reach an altitude of 18 km and can be fired from both tracked and wheeled platforms. An on-board guidance system coupled with an actuator system makes the missile maneuverable up to 15g loads and a tail chase capability for end game engagement. A digital proximity fuse is coupled with a 55 kg pre-fragmented warhead, while the safety arming and detonation mechanism enables a controlled detonation sequence.

Type: Medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile defense system

Designer : DRDO 

Deployed: India

Range: 35 km 

Engine: Integrated Ramjet Rocket Engine

Platform: Self Propelled

R60M (AA-8 Aphid)

Type: IR-guided Within-Visual Range air-to-air missile

Designer: NPO Molniya (now under Vympel JSC)

Deployed: India, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar,

Range: 8 km

Propulsion: solid-fuel rocket engine

Platform: MiG-29, MiG-21, MiG-23 (former), Tejas LCA, F7, F7BG, J8, JH7, 

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).

KH35 (AS-20 'Kayak)

The Kh-35 missile is a subsonic weapon featuring a normal aerodynamic configuration with cruciform wings and fins and a semi-submerged air duct intake. The propulsion unit is a turbofan engine.The missile is guided to its target at the final leg of the trajectory by commands fed from the active radar homing head and the radio altimeter.
Target designation data can be introduced into the missile from the launch aircraft or external sources. Flight mission data is inserted into the missile control system after input of target coordinates. An inertial system controls the missile in flight, stabilizes it at an assigned altitude and brings it to a target location area. At a certain target range, the homing head is switched on to search for, lock on and track the target. The inertial control system then turns the missile toward the target and changes its flight altitude to an extremely low one. At this altitude, the missile continues the process of homing by the data fed from the homing head and the inertial control system until a hit is obtained.
A new radar seeker, Gran-KE have been developed by SPE Radar MMS and will be replacing the existing ARGS-35E X band seeker.
It is also nicknamed Harpoonski for its similarity to the AGM-84 Boeing Harpoon. It is designed to attack vessels up to 5000 tonnes.


Type: Subsonic anti-ship missile/ Air to Surface Missile

Deployed: India

Designer: Zvezda MKB

Range: 120 km

Engine: Turbofan

Platform: SU 30 MKI, Mig 29UPG, Mig 29K, Mig 27, LCA Tejas, Kora class corvette, Brahmaputra class frigate, Delhi class destroyer, Rajput class destroyer.

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,

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

Matra Super 530

Variants: Matra Super 530D.

Type: Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile

Designer: Mécanique Aviation Traction (Matra)

Range: 35 Kms

Engine: Solid-fuel rocket motor.

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

AS30L

Type: laser guided short-to-medium range air-to-ground missile

Deployed: India

Designer: Aérospatiale

Range: 11 Kms

Engine: two-stage solid propellant rocket motors, composite booster, double-based sustainer

Platform: SEPECAT Jaguar

R550 Matra Magic

Variants: Magic 2.

Type: Short Range Air-to-Air Missile

Deployed: India, Pakistan

Designer: Mécanique Aviation Traction (Matra) 

Range: 35 Kms

Engine: Solid-fuel rocket motor.

Platform: Dassault Mirage 2000-2005 Mk 2, Dassault Rafale, Mirage 3/5, Sea Harrier FRS Mk.51 .

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, 

AS.37 Martel

Type: Standoff anti-radar missile

Deployed: India

Designer: Hawker-Siddely, Matra

Range: 40 Kms

Engine: two stage solid propellant rocket motors

Platform: SEPECAT Jaguar, Sea Harrier

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

R73 (AA-11 Archer)

The R-73 is an infrared homing (heat-seeking) missile with a sensitive, cryogenic cooled seeker with a substantial "off-boresight" capability: the seeker can "see" targets up to 40° off the missile's centerline. It can be targeted by a helmet-mounted sight (HMS) allowing pilots to designate targets by looking at them. Minimum engagement range is about 300 meters, with maximum aerodynamic range of nearly 30 km (19 mi) at altitude. .

Variants: R73M1, R73M2, R73E,

Type: Short Range Air-to-Air Missile

Deployed: India, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar

Designer: Vympel MKB

Range: 30-50 Kms

Engine: Solid-fuel rocket motor.

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

R77 AA-12 Adder

Variants: R77 RVV-AE, R77M1, R77M, R77P, R77MP, R77MT, RVV-SD (speculated), RVV-PD (speculated)

Deployed: India, China

Type: Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile

Designer: Vympel MKB

Range: 60-120 Kms

Engine: Solid fuel rocket motor (R-77), air-breathing ramjet (R-77M1)

Platform: SU 30 MKI, Mig 29UPG, Mig 29K, Mig29 SMT, SU27, SU30MKK, J11, J15,  LCA Tejas, Mig 21 bison,

Kh-29 (AS-14 'Kedge)

It is comparable to the United States' AGM-65 Maverick missile but with a much heavier warhead. The Kh-29 is intended for primary use against larger battlefield targets and infrastructure such as industrial buildings, depots and bridges, but can also be used against ships up to 10,000 tonnes, hardened aircraft shelters and concrete runways.

Variants: KH29T, KH29L

Type: Air-to-surface missile

Deployed: India

Designer: Molniya/Vympel MKB

Range: 30Kms

Engine: Fixed thrust solid fuel rocket

Platform: SU 30 MKI, Mig 29UPG, Mig 29K, Mig 27, Mig 21 bison, Tu-142.

Kh-31 (AS-17 'Krypton')

It is a sea skimming cruise missile with a range of 110 kilometres (60 nmi; 70 mi) or more and capable of Mach 3.5, and was the first supersonic anti-ship missile that could be launched by tactical aircraft.
In many respects the Kh-31 is a miniaturised version of the P-270 Moskit (SS-N-22 'Sunburn') and was reportedly designed by the same man. The missile is conventionally shaped, with cruciform wings and control surfaces made from titanium. The two-stage propulsion is notable. On launch, a solid-fuel booster in the tail accelerates the missile to Mach 1.8 and the motor is discarded. Then four air intakes open up and as in the Franco-German ANS/ANF the empty rocket case becomes the combustion chamber of a kerosene-fuelled ramjet, which takes it beyond Mach 4.

Variants: KH31 P/A/L

Deployed: India

Type: Medium-range air-to-surface missile

Designer: Zvezda-Strela MKB, later Tactical Missiles Corporation

Range: 50 km sea skimming, 110 high alt

Engine: Solid fuel rocket in initial stage, ramjet for rest of trajectory

Platform: SU 30 MKI, Mig 29UPG, Mig 29K, Mig 27(KH31A),J11, SU27, SU30MKK, Mig 21 bison, Tu-142, LCA Tejas