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Top 11 Indian Missile Systems

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In this article, we will be looking top 11 Indian Missile Systems namely Prithvi, Agni, Akash, Nag, Brahmos, Dhanush, Nirbhay, Sagarika, Shaurya, Trishul, and Maitri.

Prithvi Missiles

Surface-to-surface tactical battlefield missile, Prithvi has three version.

Prithvi I – Army version (150 km range with a payload of 1,000 kg)

Prithvi II – Air Force version (250 km range with payload of 500 kg)

Prithvi III – Naval version (350 km range with a payload of 1000 kg)

The Prithvi missile project encompassed developing 3 variants for use by Indian Army, Indian Air Force, and Indian Navy.

Agni Missiles

Agni missile is one of the five missile systems developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under the integrated guided missile development programme (IGMDP). The four other missiles developed under this program include Akash, Prithvi, Nag and Trishul.

Agni-I Missile: With a range of 700 km, surface to surface Agni-I missile has single stage solid rocket motor that can carry 1-tonne warhead. It can be configured to fire from road/mobile launcher. Agni-I has been inducted into Services.

Agni-II Missile: The range for Agni-II is more than 2000 km. Unlike the Agni-I, the Agni-II has a solid fuelled second stage. The salient features of the test firings are mobile launch capability, multi-staging, state-of-art control and guidance, re-entry technology and sophisticated onboard packages including advanced communication. Agni-II has also been inducted into services.

Agni-III Missile: Agni III is a long range missile with a capability to launch from rail mobile launcher. It has a capacity to carry 2000-2500 kg warhead. Fourth flight test of Agni-III is planned shortly. Nuclear capable Agni Missile has a range up to 3000 km and can carry a payload of 1000 kg. In June 2006, India successfully test-fired Agni-III, a two stage nuclear capable ballistic missile with a range of 3,500 km. Both stages of the Agni-III utilize solid fuel propellants and its range can be extended to 5000 km.

Agni-IV Missile: It is the fourth in Agni series missile Agni IV was tested on November 15, 2011. With a range of 2500-3500 km. Agni-IV can take a warhead of 1-tonne.

Agni-V Missile – Agni V is a solid fueled inter continental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by DRDO. Agni V was test fired successfully on 19 March 2012 from Wheeler Island off the coast of Orissa. Agni-V can hit strategic targets well beyond 3500 km.

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Akash Missile System

It is a medium range surface-to-air missile. It has multiple target handling capacity with a digitally coded command guidance system. User trial of its Air Force version has been completed. Air Force has placed an order for two Squadron of Akash Missile System. Procurement of another 6 Squadrons is in progress.

The missile can hit target aircraft up to 30 km away, at altitudes up to 18,000 m. Akash can be fired from both tracked and wheeled platforms.

Nag Missile System

Nag is a third generation anti-tank missile with ‘top-attack’ and ‘fire and forget’ capabilities.  User trials have been completed against moving/static targets under various operating conditions. The helicopter launched version known as helicopter-launched NAG (HELINA).

BrahMos

BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. It is a joint venture between India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroeyenia who have together formed the BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited.

The acronym BrahMos is perceived as the confluence of the two nations represented by two rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and Moskva of Russia.

It travels at speed of Mach 2.8 to 3.0 and is the world’s fastest cruise missile. It is about three and half times faster than the USA’s subsonic Harpoon cruise missile. Although BrahMos is primarily an anti-ship missile. it can also engage land based targets.

It can be launched either in vertical or inclined position and is capable of covering targets over a 360 degree horizon. The BrahMos missile has an identical configuration for land, sea, and sub-sea platform.

Nirbhay

Nirbhay is a long range, subsonic cruise missile being developed in India. The missile will have a range of 1000 km and will arm three services, the Indian Army, Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force.

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Shaurya

Shaurya missile is a short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile developed by DRDO of India for use by the Indian Army. It has a range f 750 to 1200 km and is capable of carrying a payload of one-tonne conventional or nuclear warhead. Shaurya Missile is considered a land version of the Sagarika.

Sagarika

Sagarika is a nuclear capable submarine-launched ballistic missile with a range of 750 km. This missile has a lenght of 8.5 meters, weighs seven tonnes and can carry a pay load of up to 500 kg.

Trishul

The Trishul (Trident) is a short range, quick reaction, all weahter surface-t-air missile designed to counter a low-level attack. It has been flight tested in the sea-skimming role and also against moving targets. It has a range of 9 km and is fitted with a 5.5 kg HE-fragmented warhead. It’s detection of target to missile launch is round 6 seconds.

Maitri

The missile project is a next-generation Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM). with a lethal hundred per cent kill probability under development by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). It is a short range 15 km, surface-to-air point defence missile system.

The missile will fill the gap created by the Indian government’s decision to wind up development of Trishul point defence missile system. It is believed to be a blend of the French Mica and DRDO.

Read More: Indian Missiles Development

What is DRDO?

Defence Research and Development Organisation or DRDO is a premier research facility under Ministry of Defence, Government of India. It undertakes design & development leading to production of world class weapon systems for Indian forces and security agencies.

It was established in 1958 after merging Technical Development Establishment and the Directorate of Technical Development and Production with the Defence Science Organisation.

DRDO has a network of 52 laboratories in which total 5000 scientists and 25,000 other technical staffs are working across India.

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Today in History – 8 January

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8 January 1025

Sultan Mehmood completely destroyed the Temple of Somnath.

8 January 1598

Jews are expelled from Genoa, Italy

8 January 1790

1st US President George Washington delivers 1st state of the union address

8 January 1835

The United States national debt became 0 for the first and only time.

8 January 1867

African American men granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C. despite President Andrew Johnson’s veto.

8 January 1884

Keshav Chandra Sen, nationalist leader of Bengal, social worker and good orator of Brahma Samaj, passed away at his home in Lily Cottage, Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in our country. He strongly believed that education was the basic necessity to change the society.

8 January 1908

Gandhiji asks the Government for suspension of Registration Act, offers voluntary registration.

8 January 1926

Abdulaziz Ibn Saud becomes King of Nejd and Hejaz; forerunner of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

8 January 1927

The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrives after 63 hrs. Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare is on board.

8 January 1954

Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio & records his 1st two songs, “Casual Love” & “I’ll Never Stand in Your Way”

8 January 1965

‘Star of India’, world’s largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.

8 January 1968

The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language.

8 January 1993

FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

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WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 “to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world.”

World Intellectual Property Organization currently has 187 member states, administers 26 international treaties, and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The current Director-General of WIPO is Francis Gurry, who took office on October 1, 2008. 186 of the UN Members as well as the Holy See, are Members of WIPO.

The origins of World Intellectual Property Organization can be traced to 1883 when 14 countries signed the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, which created intellectual-property protections for inventions, trademarks, and industrial designs. The convention helped inventors gain protection for their works outside their native countries.

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In 1886 the Berne Convention required member countries to provide automatic protection for works that were produced in other member countries. The two organizations, which had established separate secretariats to enforce their respective treaties, merged in 1893 to become the United International Bureau for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI), which was based in Bern, Switzerland.

World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO undertakes activities in three main areas: 

  • The progressive development of international intellectual property law;
  • Assistance to developing countries to build intellectual property capacity at national and regional levels and encourage more effective use of IP as tool for economic development; and
  • Services to industry and the private sector to facilitate the process of obtaining intellectual property protection in multiple countries.

WIPO was formally created by the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, which entered into force on April 26, 1970. Under Article 3 of this Convention, WIPO seeks to “promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world.” WIPO became a specialized agency of the UN in 1974. The Agreement between the United Nations and the World Intellectual Property Organization notes in Article 1 that WIPO is responsible

“for promoting creative intellectual activity and for facilitating the transfer of technology related to industrial property to the developing countries in order to accelerate economic, social and cultural development, subject to the competence and responsibilities of the United Nations and its organs, particularly the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, as well as of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and of other agencies within the United Nations system.”

The Agreement marked a transition for WIPO from the mandate it inherited in 1967 from BIRPI, to promote the protection of intellectual property, to one that involved the more complex task of promoting technology transfer and economic development.

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World Intellectual Property Organization has established WIPOnet, a global information network. The project seeks to link over 300 intellectual property offices (IP offices) in all WIPO Member States. In addition to providing a means of secure communication among all connected parties, WIPOnet is the foundation for WIPO’s intellectual property services.

The aims of World Intellectual Property Organisation are twofold. First, through international cooperation, WIPO promotes the protection of intellectual property. The organization now administers more than 20 intellectual-property treaties. Second, WIPO supervises administrative cooperation between the Paris, Berne, and other intellectual unions regarding agreements on trademarks, patents, and the protection of artistic and literary works. WIPO’s role in enforcing intellectual-property protections increased in the mid-990s when it signed a cooperation agreement with the World Trade Organization.

WIPO has established liaison offices in Brussels, New York, Washington D.C., and Singapore as strategic channels through which to strengthen contacts with the international IP community, industry leaders, NGOs, and civil society. These offices develop mutually beneficial working relations and coordinate closely with organizations that lie outside of WIPO’s traditional scope of consultation and cooperation but are now emerging as valuable new partners for WIPO.

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Today in History – 6 January

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6 January 1664

Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked Surat.

6 January 1818

Dominion of Holkar in India is annexed with Rajput states and come under the British protection.

6 January 1832

Publication of ‘Darpan’ magazine started.

6 January 1842

4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul.

6 January 1847

Saint Tyagaraja, the great musician, died.

6 January 1947

All India Congress Committee accepted the division of the country.

6 January 1948

Security Council takes up India’s complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir.

6 January 1953

Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew.

6 January 1972

America declared Naval Drill in the Indian Ocean.

6 January 1979

Rohini-200, first monsoon experimental rocket, launched from Thumba.

6 January 1980

In the general election (7th) of India, Indira Gandhi led Indian National Congress Party gains a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha legislative elections.

6 January 1981

Indian Ocean bed on their research ship Gavesani of the National Institute succeeded from the depth of 4,300 meters.

6 January 1987

An International Conference to commemorate the 75 anniversary of the African National Congress opens in New Delhi.

6 January 1989

Satwant Singh (24) and Kehar Singh (54) executed for the murder case of Smt. Indira Gandhi in Tihar Jail at New Delhi.

Today in History – 5 January

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5 January 1592

Shahjahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.

5 January 1659

Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad.

5 January 1671

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the ‘Salher’ fort from Mughals.

5 January 1968

The government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission’s recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.

5 January 1985

Rajiv Gandhi promises to solve the Punjab problem without yielding to ‘separatist ideologies.

5 January 1988

India’s first indigenously built ‘Braille’ script released short hand machine for the blind.

5 January 1990

Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team.

5 January 1994

Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada) and Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra.

Tamil Nadu Assembly passes two bills making the Chief Minister, the Chancellor of all universities instead of the Governor.

5 January 1995

India receives first consignment of Chinese Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) for the 2 US built Tarapur nuclear plant with the approval of IAEA.

5 January 1998

Laloo Yadav, RJD president, and BSP chief Kanshi Ram launch a seven-party “Jan Morcha”.

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