Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme

<p>The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) was an Indian <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Defence_(India)/PXDnHe9u">Ministry of Defence</a> programme for the <a href="/facts/Research_and_development/2h5UddUu">research and development</a> of the comprehensive range of <a href="/facts/Missile/C5VwQClz">missiles</a>. The programme was managed by the <a href="/facts/Defence_Research_and_Development_Organisation/HYTLS49D">Defence Research and Development Organisation</a> (DRDO) and <a href="/facts/Ordnance_Factories_Board/shqzAq2s">Ordnance Factories Board</a> in partnership with other <a href="/facts/Indian_government/BIpETqjv">Indian government</a> political organisations. The project started in 1982–83 under the leadership of <a href="/facts/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam/lbGXrRtN">Abdul Kalam</a> who oversaw its ending in 2008 after these strategic missiles were successfully developed.
</p><p>On 8 January 2008, the DRDO formally announced the successful rated guided missile programme was completed with its design objectives achieved since most of the missiles in the programme had been developed and inducted by the <a href="/facts/Indian_armed_forces/B4go58SS">Indian armed forces</a>.
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Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme