Weapon systems of the Indian Navy

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Present Weapon System of the Indian Navy

Contents 1 Submarine launched ballistic missile 2 Ballistic Missile 3 Cruise/Anti-Ship Missile 4 Air to Air Missiles 5 Surface to Air Missiles 6 Torpedoes 7 Main Guns 8 Air Defence Guns 9 ASW Rocket Launchers

[edit] Submarine launched ballistic missile

• Sagarika
• Agni-III SLBM (Under development)

[edit] Ballistic Missile

• Prithvi-III Ballistic Missile (Dhanush)

[edit] Cruise/Anti-Ship Missile

• Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile
• 3M-54E/3M-14E Klub Anti-Ship/Land Attack Cruise Missile (SS-N-27 Sizzler)
• Kh-35 (SS-N-25 SwitchBlade)
• P-20 (SS-N-2D Styx)
• Sea Eagle
• Nirbhay long range subsonic cruise missile (Under development)

[edit] Air to Air Missiles

• Derby missile

[edit] Surface to Air Missiles

• Barak-8 (Under development)
• Barak
• SA-N-12 (SA-17 Grizzly)
• SA-N-11 (SA-19 Grison)
• SA-N-7 (SA-11 Gadfly)
• SA-N-5
• SA-N-4 (OSA-M)
• SA-N-1 (S-125M)
• SA-16 (Igla MANPAD)

[edit] Torpedoes

• NSTL Shyena ^[1]
• NSTL Advanced Light Weight Torpedo ^[2]
• Varunastra Heavy Weight Torpedo (Under development at NSTL) ^[3]
• Whitehead A244S anti-submarine torpedo
• APR-2 torpedo.
• SET-65E/53-65KE torpedo
• Type 53-65 passive wake homing torpedo
• TEST 71/76 anti-submarine, active & passive homing torpedo
• AEG-SUT Mod-1 wire-guided, active/passive homing torpedo

[edit] Main Guns

• A-190(E)100mm
• AK-100 100mm
• AK-176 76mm gun
• AK-76/60 76mm gun
• Twin mount gun (76mm)
• OTO Melera Rapid 76mm gun
• Mk.6 Vickers 114mm gun
• Bofors 40mm/57mm/60mm guns
• Oerlikon 20mm gun (for Patrol Boats)

[edit] Air Defence Guns

• AK-630
• AK-230
• CADS-N-1 Kashtan

[edit] ASW Rocket Launchers

• RBU-6000
• RBU-6000 (RPK-8)
• RBU-12000 (UDAV-1)
• RBU-1000
• GSh-30

Submarine-based missiles

India has a number of foreign-produced cruise missile systems in its arsenal, which includes the Klub (SS-N-27). It also has some indigenous cruise missile systems under development, including the Sagarika and Lakshya variants. The Navy has got the Lakshya PTA [1]. The Sagarika (Oceanic) began development in 1994 as a submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM) which will have a range of at least 300 km (a few claim 1000 km). Another successful program has been the development of the Yakhont Anti Ship Missile system into the BrahMos, by NPO and India's DRDO. The BrahMos has been tailored to Indian needs and uses a large proportion of Indian designed components and technology, for its fire control systems, Transporter erector launches, to its onboard nav-attack system.

The Navy inducted the Lakshya PTA into service.^[4]