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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: [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited|HAL]], [[Bharat Electronics|BEL]], [[Bharat Earth Movers|BEML]], [[Bharat Dynamics|BDL]], [[Mazagon Dock Limited|MDL]], [[Goa Shipyard Limited|GSL]], [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers|GRSE]] and [[Mishra Dhatu Nigam|Midhani]]. The present weapon systems of the [[Indian Navy]] are:
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: [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited|HAL]], [[Bharat Electronics|BEL]], [[Bharat Earth Movers|BEML]], [[Bharat Dynamics|BDL]], [[Mazagon Dock Limited|MDL]], [[Goa Shipyard Limited|GSL]], [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers|GRSE]] and [[Mishra Dhatu Nigam|Midhani]]. The present weapon systems of the [[Indian Navy]] are:


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*[[Sea Eagle missile]]
*[[Sea Eagle missile]]
*[[Harpoon (missile)]]
*[[Harpoon (missile)]]
*[[Exocet missile]] (Used by {{sclass|Kalvari|submarine|4||2015}})
*[[Exocet missile]] (Used by {{sclass|Kalvari|submarine|4||2022}})
*[[NASM-SR]](Under development)
*[[NASM-SR]](Under development)


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==Surface to air missiles==
==Surface to air missiles==
*[[Barak 1 (missile)|Barak 1]]
[[File:VLSRSAM.jpg|thumb|VL-SRSAM]]
*[[Barak 1 (missile)|Barak 1]] - Being replaced by [[VL-SRSAM]] missile.
*[[Barak 8 (missile)|Barak 8]]  
*[[Barak 8 (missile)|Barak 8]]  
*[[SA-17 Grizzly|SA-N-12]] (SA-17 Grizzly)
*[[SA-17 Grizzly|SA-N-12]] (SA-17 Grizzly)
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*[[SA-3 Goa|SA-N-1]] (S-125M)
*[[SA-3 Goa|SA-N-1]] (S-125M)
*[[SA-16]] (Igla MANPAD)
*[[SA-16]] (Igla MANPAD)
*[[VL-SRSAM]](planned to replace Barak-1)
*[[VL-SRSAM]]


==Torpedoes==
==Torpedoes==
[[File:Varunastra.jpg|thumb|[[Varunastra (torpedo)|Varunastra]] advanced heavyweight torpedo of the Indian Navy.]]
*Whitehead [[A244-S]] anti-submarine torpedo
*Whitehead [[A244-S]] anti-submarine torpedo
*[[APR-3E torpedo]]
*[[APR-3E torpedo]]
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*[[Advanced Light Torpedo Shyena]]
*[[Advanced Light Torpedo Shyena]]
*[[Varunastra (torpedo)|Varunastra]]
*[[Varunastra (torpedo)|Varunastra]]
*[[Takshak (Torpedo)|Takshak]] (under develolpment)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=SUBRAMANIAN|first=T. S.|title=Underwater might|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30164828.ece|access-date=2020-09-20|website=Frontline|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Takshak (Torpedo)|Takshak]] (under development)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=SUBRAMANIAN|first=T. S.|title=Underwater might|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30164828.ece|access-date=2020-09-20|website=Frontline|language=en}}</ref>


==Main guns==
==Main guns==
*[[5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun]] (orders placed for 13 such guns in 2019)
*A-190(E) 100mm
*A-190(E) 100mm
*100mm AK-100 naval gun
*100mm AK-100 naval gun

Latest revision as of 06:46, 25 November 2022

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:

Submarine-launched ballistic missiles[edit]

Ship launched ballistic missiles[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]

  1. ↑ "EXPRESS EXCLUSIVE: Maiden Test of Undersea K-4 Missile From Arihant Submarine". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "India plans 5,000-km range submarine-launched ballistic missile". Hindustan Times. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ SUBRAMANIAN, T. S. "Underwater might". Frontline. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

External links[edit]

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