Indian Missile Defence

Has India's first hypersonic missile test brought it on par with the capabilities of the US, China, and Russia? Discover the answer here

India has successfully tested its first long-range hypersonic missile, capable of carrying various payloads over 1,500 km, launched from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island on Saturday evening

India on Friday conducted a successful flight test of the new generation AKASH missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha, officials said. The flight test was conducted by DRDO against a high-speed unmanned aerial target at very low altitude. During the flight test, the target was successfully intercepted by the weapon system and destroyed, they said. "It has validated the functioning of the complete weapon system consisting of the missile with indigenously developed Radio Frequency Seeker, Launcher, Multi-Function Radar and Command, Control & Communication system", the officials said. The system performance was also validated through the data captured by a number of radars, telemetry and electro-optical tracking system deployed by ITR, Chandipur. The flight test was witnessed by senior officials from DRDO, Indian Air Force (IAF), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). The AKASH-NG system is a state-of-the-art ...

Domestic firms driving down price of supersonic cruise missile system with homegrown solutions

The stealth guided missile destroyer Mormugao was commissioned into the Indian Navy on Sunday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar and Goa CM Pramod Sawant were among those present at the commissioning ceremony in Mumbai. Singh said the warship's commissioning will boost India's maritime power. He termed INS Mormugao as the most technologically advanced warship. Indian economy is among the top five economies in the world, and according to experts, will be among the top three in 2027, Singh said. The Navy chief said the commissioning of the warship, on the eve of the Goa Liberation Day, is indicative of the large strides taken in warship design and building capability over the last decade. INS Mormugao is the second of the four 'Visakhapatnam' class destroyers, indigenously designed by the Indian Navy's in-house organisation, Warship Design Bureau and constructed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai. Named after the historic port city of Goa on

To be lethal against warships and shore targets at 400 km; deal value Rs 1,700 crore

Pakistan has rejected India's action over the March 9 accidental firing of a supersonic missile that landed in its territory and demanded a joint probe. The services of three officers of the Indian Air Force were terminated on August 23 after a Court of Inquiry (CoI) found that deviation from the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) by them led to the accidental firing of the missile. The Foreign Office in a late Wednesday night statement said Pakistan has seen India's announcement of the findings of an internal CoI regarding the "incident of firing of a rogue supersonic missile" into its territory and the decision to terminate the services of three IAF officers reportedly found responsible for the reckless incident. "Pakistan categorically rejects India's purported closure of the highly irresponsible incident and reiterates its demand for a joint probe," it said. "As expected, the measures taken by India in the aftermath of the incident and the subsequent findings and punishments

The Indian Navy successfully tested its ship-based surface to air missile system by taking down a low flying target

The EPRS is the upgraded version of the Pinaka variant that has been in service with the Indian Army for the last decade

INS Khukri, the first indigenously built missile corvette that was decommissioned after 32 years of service in December last year, reached Diu on Sunday.Collector, Diu, Saloni Rai told ANI, "INS Khukri, first indigenously built missile corvette that was decommissioned after 32 years of service in December 2021, reached Diu. Diu administration will get it formally on January 26 and will be available for public viewing."INS Khukri, the first of the indigenously built Missile Corvettes, was decommissioned after 32 years of glorious service on December 23, 2021.The corvette was built by the Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders on August 23, 1989 and had the distinction of being part of both the Western and Eastern Fleets. The ship was commissioned in Mumbai by Krishna Chandra Pant, the then Defence Minister and Sudha Mulla, wife of late Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla, MVC with Commander (now Vice Admiral Retired) Sanjeev Bhasin as her first Commanding Officer.During its service, the ship was commanded

India is among the select few countries which are developing hypersonic weapons, an independent Congressional report has said

To promote the domestic defence industry, the DRDO has allowed private sector firms to both develop and produce missile systems such as vertical launched surface to air missile systems programme

India on Wednesday successfully test-fired a medium range surface-to-air missile (MRSAM) from Odisha coast

Becoming a BECA signatory will take India into a select group of long-range missile powers, which can strike targets thousands of kilometres away with an accuracy of 100 metres or less

In pictures: 10 missiles that India has tested in the last two months

Naval version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired yesterday from an indigenously built stealth destroyer. With this, India has now tested 10 missiles in last 2 months

The flight testing of the missile comes in the midst of India's bitter border row with China in eastern Ladakh.

India conducted a successful night testfire of its indigenously developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a base in Odisha

While the Harpoon missiles will be manufactured by Boeing, the torpedoes would be supplied by Raytheon

The official acknowledged India's purchases of military hardware from Russia but underlined that the Trump administration was not seeking to punish a country with a long sustainment line