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Prithvi
It is a tactical surface-to-surface short-range
ballistic missile (SRBM) developed by DRDO
Nirbhay
of India under the Integrated Guided Missile
It is a long range, subsonic cruise missile Development Program. It is deployed by
being developed in India by the Defence India's Strategic Forces Command. The
Research and Development Organisation. Government of India launched the Integrated
Guided Missile Development Program in
Operational Range: 1,000 km 1983 to achieve self-sufficiency in the
development and production of wide range of
Ballistic Missiles, Surface to Air Missiles etc.
BrahMos Prithvi was the first missile to be developed
It is a supersonic cruise missile that can be under the Program. DRDO attempted to build
launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or Surface-to-air Missile under Project Devil.
land. It is a joint venture between India's Prithvi III class (codenamed Dhanush) is a
Defence Research and Development two-stage ship-to-surface missile
Organisation (DRDO) and Russian
Federation's NPO Mashinostroeyenia who Operational Range:
have together formed BrahMos Aerospace
150 km (Prithvi I)
Private Limited. The name BrahMos is a
250-350 km (Prithvi II)
portmanteau formed from the names of two
350 - 600 km (Prithvi III)
rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the
Moskva of Russia.
Agni-I
Akash It is a family of Short to Medium range
ballistic missiles developed by India under the
It is a medium-range mobile surface-to-air
Integrated Guided Missile Development
missile defence system developed by the
Program. On 28 Mar 2010, a trial was
Defence Research and Development
conducted with a special Strategic Forces
Organisation (DRDO), Ordnance Factories
Command (SFC) nuclear-capable Agni-I
Board and Bharat Electronics (BEL) in India.
ballistic missile, with a range of 700 km from
Operational Range: 100km the Wheelers Island off the coast of Orissa,
thus making Agni-I missile operational by
army.