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Brother u missed two important missilesIt's not even that wild of a statement (which some of Parrikar's can be). Missile tech is an area where India is already largely self-sufficent from SR-SAMs to ICBMs and now SLBMs. The areas that India is still looking for imports (QR-SAM, VLR-SAM (S-400), VSHORADS, ATGM) are areas that are actively being pursued by DRDO and will see success in the next 5-6 years for sure.
By 2020:
VSHORADS-RBS-70 (most likely)
QR-SAM- Maitri
SR-SAM-AKASH, Spyder, Astra based SR-SAM (under development)
MR-SAM- BARAK-8 (for IAF, designated LR-SAM by IN)
LR-SAM- BARAK-8ER
VLR-SAM- S-400, (DRDO also working on a 200-300km range SAM system)
BMD- DRDO BMD; PAD and AAD (under development)
MBRL- Pinaka (Mk.2 in advanced stages of development), Smerch
ATGM- Spike, Nag
Air-launched ATGM- Helina, Mistral, Hellfire
Cruise missile (Brahmos (Brahmos-M and Brahmos-2 hypersonic CM also under development), Harpoon, Nirbhay
Air-launched cruise missile-Brahmos-A, Nirbhay
BVRAAM- Astra, R-77, Derby
SBLM- K4, K15
ICBM-Agni-I/II/III/IV/V/VI etc
Green-Indian/DRDO designed
Yellow-Indian/DRDO JV with foriegn OEM
Red-Foreign design
I'm sure I've missed out quite a few projects/systems, @PARIKRAMA @Water Car Engineer @acetophenol @MilSpec @sathya @punit @SpArK @nair please add where you see fit.
Anyway, the trend is clear and, for most, India can thank this great man:
The missile man himself.
Amogha 1 and CLGM which will be used extensively against terrorist and small adventures by Pak armed forces
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amogha_missile