Rockets and Missiles

1. S.SUDHAKAR
Assistant Professor
Department of Aeronautical Engineering
GUIDED MISSILES

2.  Tracking System
Locate the missile Target
 Guidance System
Tracking System and Flight System
Flight Path
Command
 Flight System
Maneuver
Guided Missiles

3.  Range
 Start to End point
 Navigation
 Missions
 Target
 Propulsion System
 Aerodynamic Control
 Guidance System
Classification of Missiles

4.  Short Range Missiles (SRM)
250 km
Prithvi-I & II, Trishul
 Medium Range Missiles (MRM)
1500 km
Agni-I, Nirbhay, Akash
 Long Range Missiles (LRM)
Above the 1500 km
Agni-III, IV, V
1. Classification Based on Range

5.  Surface to Surface Missiles (SSM)
Prithvi
 Surface to Air Missiles (SAM)
Akash
Trishul
 Air to Surface Missiles (ASM)
BrahMos-II
 Air to Air Missiles (AAM)
Astra
2. Classification Based on Start to
End

6.  Cruise Missiles
Subsonic Cruise Missiles
Nirbhay
Supersonic Cruise Missiles
BrahMos
Hypersonic Cruise Missiles
BrahMos-II
 Ballistic Missiles
3. Classification Based on
Navigation

7.  Ballistic Missiles
 Boost Phase
 Ballistic Phase
 Re-entry Phase
3. Classification Based on
Navigation

8.  Ballistic Missiles Types
Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM)
 Above 5500 km
 Agni-V, Agni-VI
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
(IRBM)
 3000 – 5500 km
 Agni-III, Agni-IV
Medium Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBM)
 1000 – 3000 km
 Agni-II
Short Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBM)
 upto 1000 km

9.  Strategic Missiles
 Agni
 Tactical Missiles
 Agni-I
4. Classification Based on Mission

10.  Anti – Tank Missile
 Nag, India
 Anti – Aircraft Missile
 Akash, Barak-1,8
 Anti – Missile
 Prithvi-Air-Defence (PAD) Missile (Anti-
Ballistic)
5. Classification Based on Target

11.  Liquid Propulsion
 Prithvi – I, II
 Solid Propulsion
 Astra, Prithvi-III
 Hybrid Propulsion
 Shaurya
6. Classification Based on
Propulsion

12.  Wing Controlled
 Akash
 Tail Controlled
 Prahaar
 Canard Controlled
 Gopher, Russia
7. Aerodynamic Control

13.  Command Guidance
 Akash
 Inertial Guidance
 Nirbhay, Astra
 Laser Guidance
 Shaurya
8. Guidance Systems