Project Indigo

Project Indigo was started by India in 1962. An agreement was signed between India and Switzerland to develop an intermediate-range surface-to-air missile (SAM). Indigo was discontinued in later years without achieving full success. Project Indigo led to Project Devil, to develop short-range surface-to-air missile in the 1970s. Project Devil itself led to the later development of the Prithvi missile in the 1980s.^[1]

Background

The basic rocket research in the 1960s in India was done under Project Indigo. Project Indigo was an Indo-Swiss agreement to develop intermediate-range surface-to-air missiles that was scrapped when India opted for Soviet SA-2 missiles in 1962.^[2]

References

↑ http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/India/Missile/1931.html
↑ Timothy V. McCarthy, "India: Emerging Missile Power," in William C. Potter and Harlan W. Jencks, eds., The International Missile Bazaar: The New Suppliers' Network, (Boulder: Westview Press Inc., 1994), p. 202.

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Missiles of the Republic of India

Surface-to-surface

Ballistic missiles

Intercontinental	Agni V** Agni VI* Surya*

Intermediate range	Agni-III Agni IV

Medium range	Agni-I Agni-II

Short range	Prithvi-I Prithvi-II Prithvi-III Prahar

Submarine-launched	K-15 Sagarika Dhanush K-4** K-5*

Cruise missiles

Hypersonic	Shaurya BrahMos-II*

Supersonic	BrahMos-I Prahar

Subsonic	Klub Bazalt Nirbhay**

Anti-ship	Ametist Termit Moskit Gabriel SwitchBlade 3M-54 Klub BrahMos-I Exocet**

Anti-tank missiles

Torpedoes

Anti-submarine weapon

Indigenous Anti-Submarine missile

Air-to-surface

Cruise missiles

Hypersonic	BrahMos-II*

Supersonic	BrahMos-I

Subsonic	Crystal Maze Kh-59ME Nirbhay**

Anti-radiation missile

Medium range attack

AS-30L

Short range attack

Sea Skua

Surface-to-air

Anti-ballistic missiles	S-300PMU-2 Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) Advanced Air Defence (AAD)

Medium range SAM	Akash SA-5 Gammon SA-6 Gainful SA-11 Gadfly SA-17 Grizzly Barak 8**

Short range SAM	Trishul Tunguska SA-8 Gecko SA-3 Goa SA-9 Gaskin SA-2 Guideline SA-13 Gopher Seacat Tigercat Barak 1 SPYDER Maitri**

MANPADS	SA-16 Gimlet SA-7 Grail SA-14 Gremlin SA-18 Grouse FIM-92 Stinger

Air-to-air

Visual range	Python Super 530 R.550 Magic-1 R.550 Magic-2 K-13S R-40 R-60 R-73

Beyond visual range	R-27ER R-27ET R-27R R-27T R-77 Derby Python-4 R-23R R-23T Super 530 MBDA MICA MBDA ASRAAM Astra K-100

Notes: (*) Undergoing development
(**) Undergoing trials
Indian Armed Forces

Types of missile

By platform	Air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM) Air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) Air-to-air missile (AAM) Air-to-surface missile (ASM) Ballistic missile Cruise missile Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) Shoulder-fired missile Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) Submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM) Surface-to-air missile (SAM) Surface-to-surface missile (SSM)

By target type	Anti-ballistic missile (ABM) Anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) Anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) Anti-ship missile (AShM) Anti-submarine missile Anti-tank missile (ATGM) Land-attack missile (LACM)

By guidance	Active radar guidance Semi-active radar guidance Passive homing Track-via-missile Anti-radiation Command to line-of-sight guidance Command off line-of-sight guidance Pursuit guidance Beam riding Infrared guidance Laser guidance Unguided rockets Wire guidance TERCOM DSMAC Inertial guidance Astro-inertial guidance Satellite guidance Compass

Lists	List of military rockets List of missiles List of missiles by country List of anti-ship missiles List of anti-tank missiles List of ICBMs List of surface-to-air missiles

See also: Sounding rocket

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

Aeronautics

Avionics	Tejas Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft

Other HAL programmes	HJT-36 HTT-40 Dhruv Rudra Light Combat Helicopter Light Utility Helicopter

Unmanned aerial vehicles	Nishant Rustom Lakshya Kapothaka Ulka Fluffy AURA UAV Imperial Eagle Netra

Armaments

Small arms	INSAS Vidhwansak MSMC MCIWS

Artillery systems and ammunition	Pinaka Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher M-46 Catapult Bhim-T6 Dhanush Howitzer

Armoured fighting
vehicles

Tanks	Arjun Arjun Mk-II Tank EX DRDO light tank

Infantry fighting vehicle	Abhay IFV

Other vehicles	Carrier Mortar Tracked Armoured Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle Light Armoured Vehicle Kartik BLT Daksh

Electronics and
Computer Sciences

Electronic warfare	Samyukta Tarang

Radars	INDRA Rajendra Radar Swordfish Long Range Tracking Radar Multi-mode radar 3D Airborne Warning and Control Super Vision-2000 BFSR-SR 3D-CAR BEL Weapon Locating Radar

Software	NETRA

Missile systems

Ballistic missiles

Agni	Agni-I Agni-II Agni-III Agni-IV Agni-V Agni-VI

Prithvi	I II III Dhanush

SRBM	Shaurya Prahaar

SLBM	K-15 K-4 K-5

Cruise missiles

Air-to-air missiles

Anti-tank missiles

Surface-to-air

Air-to-surface

Anti-ballistic

Torpedoes

Bombs

Laser-guided	Sudarshan

People

Scientists	Maj General Ranjit Lal Jetley Ram Narain Agarwal A. P. J. Abdul Kalam A. Sivathanu Pillai W Selvamurthy V. K. Saraswat V. K. Aatre Raja Ramanna V. S. Mahalingam Keshav Dattatreya Nayak

Engines

Important programmes

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Project Indigo

Background

See also

References

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