Practice Questions on Missiles of India

Prithvi is short-range ballistic missile (SRBM)

Prithvi-II has range of 250-350 km

Nag is third-generation fire and forget anti-tank missile

Nag is anti-tank guided missile (ATGM)

Nag has range of 4-7 km

Agni means fire in Sanskrit

Agni series are ballistic missiles

Agni has 6 variants: Agni-I to Agni-VI (Agni-VI under development)

Agni-I has range of 700-900 km

Agni-II has range of 2000-2500 km

Agni-III has range of 3000-3500 km

Agni-IV has range of 4000 km

Agni-V has range of 5000-8000 km (ICBM)

Agni-V is India’s intercontinental ballistic missile

Akash is medium-range surface-to-air missile

Akash has range of 25-30 km

Akash-NG is New Generation with 70 km range

BrahMos is supersonic cruise missile

BrahMos is joint venture of India and Russia

BrahMos travels at Mach 2.8-3.0

BrahMos has range of 290-450 km (extended)

BrahMos-II is hypersonic version under development

BrahMos-II will achieve Mach 7-8

Astra is beyond visual range air-to-air missile

Astra Mk1 has range of 110 km

Astra Mk2 will have range of 160 km

Trishul is short-range surface-to-air missile

Trishul project was closed in 2008

Dhanush is naval variant of Prithvi

Dhanush has range of 350 km

Prahaar is tactical ballistic missile

Prahaar has range of 150 km

Pragati is export version of Prahaar

Nirbhay is subsonic cruise missile

Nirbhay has range of 1000-1500 km

Nirbhay is subsonic at Mach 0.7-0.8

Shaurya is hypersonic surface-to-surface missile

Shaurya has range of 700-1900 km

Shaurya travels at Mach 7.5

K-15 Sagarika is submarine-launched ballistic missile

K-15 has range of 750 km

K-4 is submarine-launched ballistic missile

K-4 has range of 3500 km

INS Arihant class submarines carry K-4

K-5 is under development SLBM with 5000 km range

Barak-8 is long-range surface-to-air missile

Barak-8 is joint venture of India and Israel

Barak-8 has range of 70-100 km

QRSAM is Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile