Indian Missiles arsenal serves a number of purposes in New Delhi’s defense strategy. Fundamentally, its ballistic missile arsenal is a means to deliver nuclear weapons to deter both Pakistan and China. This is an important topic for General Awareness section of different competitive exams.

India has mastered missile technology from olden days. But it was left behind in this field when the Britishers rule the country for hundred years. Research in missile technology resumed again in the late 1950s under the political leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, independent India's first prime minister. This was the time when India decided to go ahead with its integrated guided missile development programme (IGMDP), headed by the eminent scientist and former president of India Dr.A PJ Abdul kalam who launched the first satellite launch vehicle, SLV-3 putting the Rohini satellite in orbit.
The (IGMDP), begins on July 26, 1983 Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) in Hyderabad. A host of missiles, including the strategic Agni integrated range Ballistic missile(IRBM), the tactical prithvi, the akash and trishul surface to air missile and the Nag anti-tank guided missile were developed under the progamme.
The list of Indian Missiles are as listed below: