NAG
Origin--India
Type---Anti Tang Guided Missile

Technical Specification

Dimensions
: not applicable (under construction)
: Weight 42 kg
Propulsion : varied
Range : 6 km
Payload : varied
Warhead : Highly explosive armour piercing

The Nag (Cobra) is a third generation, all weather, top-attack, and fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile. The missile uses a high explosive anti tank warhead capable of penetrating almost any kind of tank on the face of earth. The Nag anti-tank guided missile is highly advanced and it can even supersede the Russian and the French anti-tank missiles.

The missile has a weight of 42 kg and can engage targets at a range of up to 6 km. Similar to the Milan missile, the Nag after being fired uses the infra-red guided system. This guides the missile to punch even a moving object. The Nag's thermal sight system is capable of successfully smashing a T-55 tank at a range of 5 km.

The Nag is claimed to be first anti-tank missile, which has a complete fibreglass structure. The Nag is to be produced in two main versions - the land version and air version. The land version Nag carries four missiles in a ready-to-fire mode. More missiles can be reloaded without exposing the crew on the battlefield. The Nag's air version can be used on the advanced light helicopter (ALH). The Nag can also be used under the under wing weapon station of the attack helicopters.

The full-scale production of up to 200 Nag missiles per year is likely to be launched in early 2001. The Indian Army has a requirement for 500 missiles and the Indian Air Force needs 100 missiles by the year 2004.