After the success of Agni V missile, India is now developing new range of missiles that include surface-to-air with a range of 300 km, air-to-surface with a range of 400 km, and air-to-air missiles with a target range of 300 km. At present India has surface-to-air missiles of 50-km range. Research is going on to increase the range to 300-km to boost the defence capabilities of the country.
According to Avinash Chander, chief controller, research and development (missiles and strategic systems), “the era is to realise micro and nano missiles using MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) and NEMS (nano-electromechanical systems) technologies. He was addressing silver jubilee celebrations of Research Centre Imarat on Monday. Dr S.K. Chaudhuri, director, RCI, G. Satheesh Reddy, associate director, RCI, Agni 4 project director Tessy Thomas, Prof. Akopyan of Moscow Research Institute, and others were present.