List of Important Missiles of India

for Banking & SSC Exams in PDF

General Knowledge for competitive exams includes information on many different
subjects, one such subject is Defence. The Important Missiles of India is an important
topic for the General Awareness Section and needs to be prepared nicely for various
Government Recruitment Exams like Banking, Insurance, SSC & much more! Hence, it
is very necessary for a candidate to know about the Important Missiles of India who is
preparing for these competitive exams. As you might know that India's rank when it
comes to strength of military forces is 5th in the world. Being a citizen of India you must
acknowledge even the slightest of information about the Indian Army. Therefore, we are
providing you with a list of Important Missiles of India. Furthermore, if you are
interested in taking any Online Mock Tests then you can click on the link and start
your preparation for a broad range of competitive exams.

#1. List of Important Missiles of India

Recently, in IBPS/SBI PO & Clerk and other such banking exams, many questions were
asked about Important Missiles of India. Therefore, go through the list of Indian
Missiles, listed along with their range and type thoroughly.

Indian Missiles Type Range

Air to Air
Missiles 60 to
Astra
Radar homing 80 Km
beyond-visual-range

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 air-to-air
missile
Air to Air
300 to
K-100 Missiles
400 Km
Medium Range
Anti Tank
Nag 4 Km
Missile
Helina
(Helicopter Anti Tank 7 to
Launched Missile 8 Km
Nag)
Ashwin
Ballistic Missile
Interceptor or
Anti-Tank
Advanced 150+ Km
Missile
Air
Defense
(AAD)
Subsonic
1,000 to
Nirbhay Cruise
1,500 Km
Missile
Cruise
Missile
Fastest Cruise
BrahMos Missile in the World 290 Km
Supersonic
cruise
Missile

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 Cruise
Missile
BrahMos
Hypersonic 300 Km
II
cruise
Missile
BrahMos Cruise
A Missile
BrahMos Cruise
290 Km
M Missile
BrahMos Cruise
290 Km
NG Missile
Defense
Prithvi Air Missile
80 Km
Defense Exo-atmospheric
Altitude
(PAD) Anti-ballistic
missile
Defense
Advanced Missile
30 Km
Air Endo-atmospheric
Altitude
Defence Anti-ballistic
missile
Defense
Prithvi
Missile
Defense 120
Exo –atmospheric
Vehicle Altitude
Anti-ballistic
(PDV)
missile
Surface to 30 to
Akash
Air Missile 35 Km

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 Medium range
surface to
air Missile.
Surface to
Air Missile
Barak 8 Long range 100 Km
surface to
air Missile.
Surface to
Air Missile
0.5 Km to
Trishul Low level
9 Km
surface to
air Missile.
Pradyumna
Ballistic
Missile
Surface to 300 to
Interceptor
Air Missile 2,000 Km
or Prithivi
Air Defense
(PAD)
Surface to
Surface Air
Agni 700 to
Missile
I 1250 Km
Medium Range
Ballistic Missile
Surface to
Agni 2,000 to
Surface Air
II 3,000 Km
Missile

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 Intermediate-range
ballistic missile
(IRBM)
Surface to
Surface Air
Agni Missile 3,500 to
III Intermediate-range 5,000 Km
ballistic missile
(IRBM)
Surface to
Surface Air
Agni Missile 3,000 to
IV Intermediate-range 4,000 Km
ballistic missile
(IRBM)
Surface to
Surface Air
Agni 5,000 to
Missile
V 8,000 Km
Intercontinental
ballistic missile
Surface to
Surface Air
Agni Missile 8,000 to
VI Four-stage 12,000 Km
intercontinental
ballistic missile
Prithvi Surface to
150 Km
I Surface Air

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 Missile
Short Range
Ballistic Missile
(Tactical)
Surface to
Surface Air
Prithvi Missile
350 Km
II Short Range
Ballistic Missile
(Tactical)
Surface to
Surface Air
350 to
Prithvi Missile
III Short Range
600 Km
Ballistic Missile
(Tactical)
Surface to
Surface Air
Missile
Dhanush 350 – 600 km
Short Range
Ballistic Missile
(Tactical)
Surface to
Surface Air
Prahaar Missile
150 km
(Pragati) Short Range
Ballistic Missile
(Tactical)

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 Surface to
Surface Air
Missile 750 to
Shaurya
Medium-Range 1900Km
Ballistic Missile
(MRBM)
Submarine
Sagarika Launched 700 to
(K15) Ballistic 1900Km
Missile
Submarine
Launched 3,500 to
K4
Ballistic 5,000 Km
Missile
Submarine
Launched
K5 6,000 Km
Ballistic
Missile

#2. Important Missiles of India - Facts

In addition to the above here are some facts related to Indian Missiles that you must
know. Run through the points mentioned below to acknowledge the power of Indian
Army.

 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is the

organisation responsible for the military's research and development.
 Former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is also known as the "Missile Man of
India"
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  India is the first nuclear weapons country to have a no first use policy.
 Prithvi was the first missile to be built by India.
 BrahMos, the world's fastest cruise missile is developed jointly by India & Russia
and named after after two rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of
Russia.
 Agni-V is India's longest-range missile to carry a nuclear warhead.
 "K" missiles are faster, lighter and stealthier and named after Dr. APJ Abdul
Kalam.

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