Nag missile, called "Prospina" for the land-attack version, is an Indian third-generation, all-weather, fire-and-forget, lock-on after launch, anti-tank guided missile with an operational range of 500m to 20km depending on variant.
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The Nag has five variants under development: a land version, for a mast-mounted system; the helicopter-launched Nag known as Dhruvastra; a "man-portable" version ; an air-launched version which will replace the current imaging infra-red to millimetric-wave active radar homing seeker; and the Nag Missile Carrier "tank buster", which is a modified BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle produced under license in India by Ordnance Factory Medak.
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Development of the Nag is part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program, run by Defence Research and Development Organisation.
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The Nag missile underwent successful tests in September 1997 and January 2000.
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In 2000, MoD announced that the Nag missile was likely to enter full-scale production in early 2001.
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Nag missile was successfully test-fired for two consecutive days in August 2008, from the test range at Pokhran, Rajasthan, marking the completion of developmental tests.
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Nag missile would be the first ATGM of its type to be included in the army's arsenal.
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The Army urgently needed the Nag missile, which uses a tandem-charge High-explosive anti-tank warhead to penetrate the armor of modern tanks, to improve kill probability.
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The Nag missile zeroed in on the precise location of the target tank from a distance of 3.
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The Nag missile hit a target at a range of half a kilometer in just three seconds.
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The Nag missile was test-fired as part of user validation trials on 16 July 2010.
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Nag missile successfully completed its final validation trials and was expected to join the Indian Army's arsenal in 2011.
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The Nag missile cleared final developmental trials held by Indian Army in September 2016, making way for the weapon system to enter mass production.
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The Nag missile successfully hit both targets at different ranges and under different conditions with very high accuracy, as desired by the armed forces.
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In 2017 the Army said that the developmental trials of Nag missile carried out earlier had only demonstrated partial success and that many more user trials would be needed.
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The Nag missile was reportedly in the final stages of being inducted.
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The Nag missile was successfully tested 12 times between 7 and 18 July 2019.
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The Nag missile was expected to enter production by the end of 2019, according to a senior DRDO official.
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On 22 October 2020, India successfully carried out the final trial of the Nag anti-tank guided missile from NAMICA, after which the weapon system is ready for induction into the Indian Army.
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The Nag missile weighs only 43 kg which will not cause any burden in limiting conditions of the rarefied atmosphere over Ladakh.
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SANT or Standoff Anti-tank Guided Missile is a fourth generation upgraded variant of HELINA Nag missile developed for long distance airborne anti-armour role.
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