Indian Defence System

Missiles

PYTHON-5

• Fifth generation Air-to-Air Missile (AAM)
• Israeli origin
• Integrated on India's indigenous Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas
• It is an infra-red guided missile with a range of at least 20km.

Agni Prime

• Advanced version of the ‘Agni-1’ missile.
• Short-range surface to a surface ballistic missile
• Range of 1000 km to 1500 km
• Have advanced features in agility and road mobility.
• Carry a payload of around 1,000 Kg or a nuclear warhead.
• The double stage missile will be lighter and much sleeker than its predecessor ‘Agni-1’.
• Strike range of 700 km 1,200 km.

Akash Missile system

• Export of indigenously developed Akash missile systemsto friendly countries has been approved by the cabinet.
• A mid-range surface-to-air missile (SAM)system built by DRDO under the integrated guided-missile development programme (IGMDP).
• Two versions of the missilehave been builtfor the Indian Air Force and the IndianArmy.

Akash-NG Missile

• The maiden test of the New Generation Akash missile (Akash-NG) was conducted by DRDO
• A new generation Surfaceto Air Missile
• Meant for use by Indian Air Force
• Intercepts high manoeuvring low RCS (RadarCross Section) aerial threats.
• Range of 60 km and speed of 2.5 Mach

Man Portable Antitank Guided Missile (MPATGM)

• Indigenously developed
• low-weight
• Fire-and-forget missile
• Incorporated with state-of-the-art miniaturised infrared seeker with advanced avionics.
• Fitted with a high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead.
• Maximum engagement range of about 2.5 kilometers.
• Capable of being fired from shoulder
• Can be used during day and night.
• Has minimum lateral center and gravity offset.

NAGMissile

• The final user trial of Nag was successfully carried at the Pokhran rangein Rajasthan.
• India’s third-generation, anti-tank guidedmissile.
• All-weather, fire-and-forget, lock-onafter launch,
• Operational range of 500 m to 20 km.
• Has a single-shot hit probability of 90%.

Rudram

• First indigenous anti-radiation missiledeveloped by DRDO.
• Detect, track and neutralise the adversary’s radar,communication assets and other radio frequency sources, which are generally part of theirair defence systems.
• Can be launched from a height ranging from 500 metresto 15 km.
• SEAD (Suppression of EnemyAir Defence) operations can be performed by IAF deepinto enemy territory to destroy enemyair defence setup.

Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile

• Land-attack version, Air-launched version and Naval versionof BrahMos supersonic cruise missile have been successfully test fired by India.
• Range of the new land-attack versionhas been extended to 400 km from 290 km
• Speed has beenmaintained at 2.8 Mach.
• BrahMos Aerospace, is an India-Russian jointventure to producelethal weapons thatcan be launched from submarines, ships,aircraft and landplatforms.
• The hypersonic version of the BrahMos missile is under development. It can travel at a speed of Mach 5 to Mach 7. It will be the fastest hypersonic missile in the world, when fully developed.

Medium-Range Surface-to-Air (MRSAM) Missile

• Developed by the DRDO in collaboration with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) forArmy.
• The propulsion system combined with a thrustvector control system,allows the missile to move at a maximum speed of Mach2.
• Can engage multiple targetssimultaneously at rangesof 70km.
• Naval version ofMRSAM was successfully tested in 2019.

‘Helina’ and ‘Dhruvastra’

• Helina (the Army version) and Dhruvastra (IAF version), are third-generation anti-tank guided missiles developed indigenously by DRDO.
• The system has all-weather day-and-night capability
• It can defeat battle tanks with conventional armour as well as with explosive reactive armour.

Prithvi-II missile

• Indigenously developed
• Nuclear capablesurface-to-surface missile.
• Capable of carrying 500to 1,000 kg of warheads.

Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) System

• Short-range surface-to-air missile system
• Indigenously designed and developed.
• Provides a protective shield to movingarmoured columns of the Army from enemyaerial attacks.
• Ithas a rangeof 25 to 30 km.

Shaurya Missile

• Indigenously developed
• Nuclear capablehypersonic missile ‘
• Strike rangeof around 1,000km.
• A canister-based system
• land-based parallel of the submarine launched K-15 missile

S-400

• India will get S-400 air defence missile system from Russia.
• It is Russia’s fourth generation of long-range surface-to-air missile system
• Can engage all types of aerial targets including aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), ballistic and cruise missiles within the range of 400km, at an altitude
• of up to 30km.

Stand-offAnti-tank (SANT) Missile

• Air-to-surface missile
• Upgraded version of the Helicopter Launched Nag (HeliNa) missile, equipped with an advanced node-mounted seeker.
• Developed by DRDO for the Indian Air Force (IAF).
• Has both Lock-on after Launch and Lock-on Before Launch capability.

Agni-V

• This surface-to-surface nuclear Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) has a long strike range of 5,000 km.
• Agni-V is a three-stage solid propellant missile being developed by DRDO.
• Unlike other missiles of Agni series, Agni-V is the most advanced having new technologies incorporated with it in terms of navigation and guidance, warhead and engine.
• Currently, five of the missiles – Agni-I, Agni-II, Agni-III, Agni-IV, Agni-V have been successfully tried & tested, while the sixth missile is still in the development phase.

BARAK Missile System

• Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LR-SAM) and Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MR-SAM) are jointly developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India and M/s Israel Aerospace Industry (IAI).
• LR-SAM is the Ship Launch Version and Project MR-SAM is the Land Launch Version of Barak-08 Missile system.

Submarines, Ships and other Vessels

P-75 I

• It involves indigenous construction of six modern conventional submarines with contemporary equipment, weapons & sensors including Fuel-Cell based AIP (Air Independent Propulsion Plant) etc.
• AIP technology allows conventional diesel-electric submarines to remain underwater for longer, enhancing its lethality.
• P-75I submarine project – estimated at over $5.5 billion – is the first acquisition India has undertaken through its Strategic Partnership procurement model.

INS Arihant

• The indigenously-built nuclear-propelled submarine is capable of firing ballistic missiles and can stay under water for months.
• INS Arihant will help India complete its nuclear triad. The air and land wing of the triad, with Mirage-2000s and Agni ballistic missile, which are already in place. With Arihant successfully completing its deterrence patrol, India has now completed the triad’s underwater leg.

INS Karanj

• Karanj is the third of the six Scorpene-class submarines being built by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) under the Project 75 programme of Indian Navy.
• The second, INS Khanderi, is undergoing sea trials. All submarines are due to be inducted gradually into the Indian Navy by 2020.
• In all, there will be six such submarines being indigenously built. All six were designed by French naval defence and energy company DCNS, and are being built in Mumbai.

Scorpene Class Submarine Vagir

• It is thefifth among the sixKalvari-class submarines being constructed by Mazagon Dock Ltd.
• Other vessels in the class are INSKalvari, INS Khanderi, INS Karanj, INSVela and INSVagsheer (under construction).
• Design of Kalvariclass of submarines, a class of diesel-electric attacksubmarines, is based on Scorpene classof submarines with technology transfer from France.

INSVikrant

• India’s first domestically builtaircraft carrier.
• Lead ship of the Indian Navy’s Vikrant-class, to be designed and built in India under Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC)program.
• Operates a ski-jump assisted Short Take-Off but Arrested Recovery (STOBAR) launch systemsfor launching aircraft
• Capable of accommodating MiG 29K fighterjets and helicopters.
• INSVishal or Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 2 (IAC-2), is to be the secondaircraft carrier to be builtin India afterINS Vikrant (IAC-1).
• INS Vikramaditya (India’s only active aircraft carrier) is Indian Navy's largest STOBAR aircraft carrier, converted from the Russian Navy's decommissioned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) missile cruisercarrier.

Indian Naval Ship (INS) Viraat

• To be scrapped at ship breaking yard at Alangin Gujarat.
• It was decommissioned in 2017 after 30 years of service with Indian Navy and around 27 years prior to that in British Royal Navy.
• Used in Operation Parakram,post terrorist attackon Parliament (2001-02)

Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) ICGS Kanaklata Barua

• Fifth and last in a series of FPV builtby Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. Other four are ICGS Priyadarshini (named after Indira Gandhi), ICGS Annie Besant, ICGS Kamala Devi (after Kamala Devi Chattopadhyay), and ICGS AmritKaur.
• It is named after a teenage freedom fighter who was shot dead in Assam during the QuitIndia Movement.
• These FPVs are upgraded versions of the inshore patrol vessels.
• These are suited for patrolling, maritime surveillance, anti-smuggling, anti-poaching operations and also for fishery protection, and rescue and search missions.

Project 17A

• Under Project 17 A program, a total of seven ships(guided missile frigates) are being built with enhanced stealth features, advanced indigenous weapon and sensor fit along with several other improvements.
• Indian Navy’s 2nd Project 17A Frigate ‘Himgiri’ was launched by India's shipbuilder Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited.

INSKavaratti

• INS Kavaratti has been commissioned in the IndianNavy.
• Last of the 4 indigenously built Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes built under Project 28 (Kamorta class). It joins 3 other ships of the same class namely- INS Kamorta, INS Kadmatt and INS Kiltan.
• Named after the capital of the Lakshadweep group of islands.
• Has 90% indigenous content with the state-of-the-art equipment and systems to fight in Nuclear, Biological and Chemical warfare conditions.

Aircrafts, Fighter Jets and others

Rafale Fighter Jets

• Rafale is a French twin-engine multi-role fighter jet designed and built by Dassault Aviation.
• It can carry out all combataviation missions: air superiority and air defence,close air support, in-depth strikes, reconnaissance, anti-ship strikes and nuclear deterrence.
• India France signed agreement in 2016 forsupply of 36 Rafale multi-role fighter jets.

Light Combat Aircrafts (LCA) Tejas

• The procurement of 83 LCA Tejas from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)for IAF has been approved. It is the first Buy(Indian-Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured) category procurement of combataircrafts with an indigenous content of 50%.
• Tejas is an indigenously designed, developed and manufactured state-of-the-art modern 4+ generation fighter aircraft.
• It is equipped with operational capabilities like Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar, Beyond Visual Range Missile, Electronic Warfare Suite and Air to Air Refuelling.

Pinaka

• Indigenous multi barrel rocket launch system
• Developed by DRDO.
• Each Pinaka rocket is capable of carrying a 100 kg payload for a range of 40 km.

ABHYAS

• Abhyas is a High-speed Expendable Aerial Target(HEAT) developed by DRDO.
• An unmanned aerial vehicle
• Based on indigenously developed micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) navigation system.

Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW)

• Successfully test fired from Hawk-1 jet of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
• Developed by the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO).
• Long-range precision-guided anti-airfield weapon,
• Designed to be capable of engaging ground targets with high precision out to a range of 100 km.
• Guided by an onboard navigation system.

Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART)

• Range of over 600 km.
• It is a Torpedo Systemfor Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) operations far beyondTorpedo range.
• Torpedo is a weapon consisting of a self-propelled, self-guided, cigar-shaped underwater projectile that carries a conventional or nuclear warhead.

Varunastra

• Developedby DRDO.
• A ship launched, heavyweight, electrically-propelled anti-submarine torpedo
• Capable of targeting quietsubmarines, both in deep and shallow waters.
• Range of 40 kilometers,
• Travel at a speed of up to 70 kilometers per hour
• Dive to a maximum depthof 400 meters.

Tapas-BH-201

• Tapas is a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
• It is being developed on the lines of predator drones of the US to carry out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) roles for the armed forces with an endurance of 24 hours

Sukhoi SU-30MKI

• In October 2018, the 11 Base Repair Depot (BRD) of the Indian Air Force at Ojhar in Maharashtra handed over its first indigenously overhauled Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet to the Indian Air Force.
• Sukhoi Su-30MKI is a multirole combat fighter aircraft jointly developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air
• Force (IAF).
• The Su-30MKI fleet of IAF will be fitted with air-launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles.