Weapon systems of the Indian Navy

The Department of Defence Production of the Ministry of Defence is responsible for the indigenous production of equipment used by the Indian Navy and the other armed forces. It comprises the 41 Indian Ordnance Factories under control of the Ordnance Factories Board and eight Defence PSUs: HAL, BEL, BEML, BDL, MDL, GSL, GRSE and Midhani. The present weapon systems of the Indian Navy are:

Ballistic Missile edit

Submarine-launched edit

Ship launched edit

Cruise/anti-ship missiles edit

 
BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is becoming the primary anti-ship missile of the Indian Navy.

Air to air missiles edit

Surface to air missiles edit

 
VL-SRSAM

Torpedoes edit

 
Varunastra advanced heavyweight torpedo of the Indian Navy.
Name Origin Type Wake homing Launch Platforms Notes
Whitehead A244-S Italy Lightweight; ASW [5]
APR-3E Russia Lightweight; ASW Tu-142 (retired), Il-38 (retired), Ka-28
CET-65E Soviet Union Heavyweight; ASuW [6]
Type 53-65KE Soviet Union Heavyweight; ASuW Passive Sindhughosh-class submarine; Rajput, Delhi-class destroyer [7]
TEST 71/76 Soviet Union Heavyweight; ASuW/ASW Active/ Passive Sindhughosh-class submarine
AEG SUT 264 Mod 1 Germany Heavyweight; ASuW/ASW Active/ Passive Shishumar, Kalvari-class submarine [8]
DM2A4 Seahake Germany Heavyweight; ASuW/ASW Active/ Passive Shishumar-class submarines
TAL Shyena India Lightweight; ASW Il-38 (retired), SMART, Surface ships, Submarines
Varunastra India Heavyweight; ASuW/ASW All destroyers; Talwar, Shivalik, Nilgiri-class frigates; Kamorta-class corvette; Sindhughosh-class submarine
Takshak India Heavyweight Under development [9]

Main guns edit

Air defence guns edit

ASW rocket launchers edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Arihant's N-capable missile 'ready to roll'". The Times of India. 14 December 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  2. ^ Peri, Dinakar (19 January 2020). "India successfully test-fires 3,500-km range submarine-launched ballistic missile K-4". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  3. ^ "India plans 5,000-km range submarine-launched ballistic missile". Hindustan Times. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  4. ^ "DRDO on long range Pralay, K5 to stalemate China soon". The New Indian Express. 15 December 2018. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  5. ^ "A244". Weaponsystems.net. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  6. ^ "SET-65". Weaponsystems.net. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Type 53-65". Weaponsystems.net. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Short on Torpedoes -". Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  9. ^ SUBRAMANIAN, T. S. "Underwater might". Frontline. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

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