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The main aim of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program was to develop, a missile in five different categories simultanously, namely, a short-range surface-to-air missile (''codenamed'' '''Trishul'''), a medium-range surface-to-air missile (''codenamed'' '''Akash'''), a third-generation anti-tank guided missile (''codenamed'' '''Nag'''), a short-range surface-to-surface missile (''codenamed'' '''Prithvi'''), and a intermediate-range surface-to-surface missile (''codenamed'' '''Agni'''). <ref>[http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/India/Missile/1769_1975.html Indian Missile Facilities - DRDL History] ''accessed'' [[18 October]] [[2006]].</ref>

There were a number of failures and successes, which led to an expansion of the program in 1990s, to develop Agni with higher range, a ballistic missile (''codenamed'' '''Sagarika'''), andwhich awould be the naval version of the Prithvi, and a inter-continental-ballistic-missile (''codenamed'' '''Surya''').

In 1998, the Government of India, signed an agreement with Russia to design, develop, manufacture and market a Supersonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missile System (''codenamed'' '''BrahMos'''). <ref>[http://www.brahmos.com/aboutus.html BrahMos Website] ''accessed'' [[18 October]] [[2006]].</ref>