This is a child group of Ballistic Missiles, collecting the Missiles And Guided Munitions subcategory's ballistic missiles developed by India through its own Defence Research and Development Organisation: the Agni family spanning medium to intercontinental range variants from Agni through Agni-V, the Prahaar short-range system, and the K Missile Family of submarine-launched systems including the K-4, developed to strengthen the country's own second-strike nuclear capability. With 8 attested members, this group traces India's own progression from medium-range land-based systems to submarine-launched and intercontinental-range designs.
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1. Wikipedia: Prithvi (missile)
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The Government of India launched the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program in 1983 to achieve self-sufficiency in the development and production of wide range of ballistic missiles, surface-to-air missiles etc. Prithvi was the first missile to be developed under the program.
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