Missile defence systems are becoming critical for national security in the face of evolving regional threats and advanced weapon technologies. Explain the working principle of missile defence systems. Critically assess India's progress in developing indigenous missile defence capabilities.

Recently, operationally guided highlighted importance of missile defence systems to strengthen military capability and hard power on battlefield, it acts as strategic weapon against enemy. Working principle of missile defence system: • Ballistic missile – based on quantity principle - Cruise missile – target - use fire and forget principle - Bofnde – target centre attack - Help in self restricting attack * Befact – Destroy principle air anti-missile defence systems.

India's progress: (1) APJ Kalam led Integrated Missile Capability Programme - Puthur (Short Range, SLAMFIRE) → Trishul (Short range Missile) → Army (A2A Missile) → Nag (flying Missile) - Agni I, Agni Prime ← Strought weapon to Agni T Ballistic Missile (2) Brahmos Missile – India-Russia led muse missile → strong deterrence it'll USD km (3) Help in defence report (3) Bhuti-Ballistic missile defence capacity such as Prithvi and Air defence System (4) Sudarshan-S400-act as multi-layered air defence capacity. However, India needs to move away to go for advancing military capability and indigenization of missile defence is stitched as major target in (AOBS year cl reforms) (M.I)

— Vipul Chaudhary · AIR 115