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Top 10 future weapons of India

India has two hostile neighbours, Pakistan and China, who are also nuclear powers.  Under these circumstances, India is forced to maintain a strong army and modern weaponry.To keep the armoury synced with the modern times,

1.  Ballistic Missile Defence Shield
The Indian Ballistic Missile Defense Program is an initiative to develop and deploy a multi-layered Ballistic Missile Defence.

It is a two tiered system consisting of two interceptor missiles, namely the Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) missile for high altitude interception, and the Advanced Air Defence (AAD) Missile for lower altitude interception.

The two-tiered shield should be able to intercept any incoming missile launched 5,000 kilometers away.

PAD was tested in November 2006, followed by AAD in December 2007. With the test of the PAD missile, India became the fourth country to have successfully developed an Anti-ballistic missile system, after United States, Russia and Israel.

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