Since India declared itself a "Nuclear Power" after Pokhran 2 it became necessary for India to posses some kind of Nuclear Deterrent and also manufacture indigenous missile capacity to deploy the nukes and conventional payload anywhere during a war.

Currently many missile systems found in India are manufactured in Russia, But in 1984 India launched its own IGMP (Integrated Guided missile Program) under the leadership of A.P.J.Abul Kalam to help itself develop various Tactical Missiles and also non-Tactical missiles.

Indian Missiles can be widely divided into:-