For decades, India’s missiles carried the faint imprint of foreign blueprints. It was a quiet indicator that the country’s defence ambitions were still tethered to outside hands. That changed only recently. Years ago, the chair of the Defence Research and Development Organisation announced, with measured pride, that India had achieved the long-pursued goal of producing its missile systems indigenously.
The statement was brief, technical, and understated. However, it represented the culmination of a journey set in motion four decades ago, when India’s place in the global technological order seemed uncertain. The transformation from that era to the present one, marked by self-confidence and the expansion of homegrown missile systems, traces a narrative of scientific tenacity, geopolitical anxiety, and a state’s quest to command the skies.
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