List of Indian Surface to Air Missiles

List of Indian Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMs)

S. No.	Missile / System	Approximate Range	Category / Role / Status
1	Akash	4.5–25 km	Indigenous short-range SAM; operational.
2	Akash Prime	Variant-dependent	Improved Akash variant with an indigenous active RF seeker.
3	Akash-NG	About 70–80 km (reported)	Next-generation air-defence missile; developmental.
4	MRSAM (Army)	About 70 km (system specifications vary by variant)	Medium-range mobile air defence; jointly developed by DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries.
5	MRSAM (Air Force)	About 70 km	Land-based medium-range air defence for the Indian Air Force.
6	MRSAM (Navy)	About 70 km	Ship-based air-defence system.
7	Barak-8	About 70–100 km, depending on variant	India–Israel jointly developed air-defence missile family.
8	LRSAM	Variant-dependent	Long-range surface-to-air missile designation associated with the Indian Navy's Barak-8 programme.
9	QRSAM	About 25–30 km	Indigenous quick-reaction mobile air-defence system.
10	VSHORADS	Very short range	Indigenous very-short-range air-defence missile; development and testing programme.
11	VL-SRSAM	About 40–50 km (reported)	Vertically launched short-range naval air-defence missile.
12	Trishul	About 9 km	Indigenous short-range SAM development programme; discontinued.
13	SAMAR-I	Depends on missile variant	Indian air-defence system adapted from existing air-to-air missiles.
14	SAMAR-II	Depends on missile variant	SAMAR system variant using adapted missiles; capability depends on configuration.
15	PAD (Prithvi Air Defence)	High-altitude interception	Ballistic missile defence interceptor; not a conventional SAM.
16	AAD (Advanced Air Defence)	Lower-altitude interception	Ballistic missile defence interceptor; not a conventional SAM.
17	PDV (Prithvi Defence Vehicle)	High-altitude interception	Ballistic missile defence interceptor.
18	PDV Mk-II	Variant-dependent	Advanced ballistic missile defence interceptor programme.
19	AD-1	Long-range interception; exact performance is not fully public	Indian ballistic missile defence interceptor programme.
20	AD-2	Long-range interception; exact performance is not fully public	Planned next-generation ballistic missile defence interceptor.
21	IADWS	Multiple ranges	Integrated Air Defence Weapon System combining multiple defensive technologies; not a single missile.
22	S-400 Triumf	Up to about 400 km with the longest-range missile	Russian-made long-range air-defence system operated by India.
23	SpyDer	Variant-dependent	Israeli-developed air-defence system operated by India.
24	Barak-1	About 10–12 km	Israeli-origin short-range naval air-defence missile operated by India.
25	9K33 Osa (SA-8)	About 10–15 km, depending on variant	Soviet-origin mobile short-range air-defence system used by India.
26	9K35 Strela-10 (SA-13)	About 5 km, depending on variant	Soviet-origin short-range mobile air-defence system.
27	Kub (SA-6)	About 20–25 km, depending on variant	Soviet-origin medium-range air-defence system historically used by India.
28	S-125 Pechora (SA-3)	About 25 km, depending on variant	Soviet-origin air-defence system operated by India.
29	Kvadrat	About 20–25 km, depending on variant	Soviet-origin mobile air-defence system historically used by the Indian Army.
30	Osa-AKM	About 10–15 km	Upgraded Soviet-origin short-range air-defence system.
31	Project Kusha	Multiple planned interception ranges	Indigenous long-range air-defence development programme.
32	ER-SAM	Not publicly established	Designation used in discussions of extended-range SAM development; details and status require confirmation.
33	XR-SAM	Not publicly established	Reported extended-range air-defence concept or programme; operational status is unconfirmed.

Notes:

Ranges are approximate and may differ by missile variant, launcher, and published source.
India operates both indigenous and imported air-defence systems.
MRSAM and LRSAM are related programme designations, and Barak-8 is the associated missile family; these should not always be counted as separate missile designs.
PAD, AAD, PDV, AD-1, and AD-2 belong to ballistic missile defence rather than conventional aircraft-defence SAM categories.
Historical, developmental, imported, and operational systems are distinguished in the status column; inclusion does not imply current operational service.

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