Weapon systems of the Indian Navy

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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.

Main guns[edit]

Air defence guns[edit]

ASW rocket launchers[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  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. ^ SUBRAMANIAN, T. S. "Underwater might". Frontline. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

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