Important Facts – Missiles in India
- The Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP) was launched in 1983.
- This program was launched with an agenda to develop five missile systems in the country – Trishul, Akash, Nag, Prithvi, and Agni.
- Tessy Thomas who is an Indian scientist and Director General of Aeronautical Systems and the former Project Director for Agni-IV missile in Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) is known as the ‘Missile Woman’ of India.
- Prithvi was the first Indian single staged liquid-fuelled surface-to-surface Missile.
