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The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) was an Indian Ministry of Defence programme for the research and development of a comprehensive range of missiles. The programme was managed by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Ordnance Factories Board in partnership with other Indian government research organisations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://brahmos.com/content.php?id=10&sid=25 )〕 The project started in 1982–83 under the leadership of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and ended in 2008 after these strategic missiles were successfully developed. The last major missile developed under the programme was the Agni 3 intermediate-range ballistic missile which was successfully tested on 9 July 2007. On 8 January 2008, the DRDO formally announced the successful completion of the IGMDP.〔 It added that the strategic integrated 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 Indian armed forces. Kalam, who conceived and worked on this programme, later also became the President of India.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/Abdulkalam/Abdulkalam.htm )〕 == History == (詳細はIndira Gandhi, Defence Minister R. Venkataraman, V.S. Arunachalam (Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister), decided that all these technologies should be consolidated. This led to the birth of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme. Dr. Abdul Kalam, who had previously been the project director for the SLV-3 programme at ISRO, was inducted as the DRDL Director in 1983 to conceive and lead it. While the scientists proposed the development of each missile consecutively, the Defence Minister R. Venkataraman asked them to reconsider and develop all the missiles simultaneously. Thus, four projects, to be pursued concurrently, were born under the IGMDP: * Short range surface-to-surface missile (code-named Prithvi) * Short range low-level surface-to-air missile (code-named Trishul) * Medium range surface-to-air missile (code-named Akash) and * Third-generation anti-tank missile (code-named Nag). The Agni missile was initially conceived in the IGMDP as a technology demonstrator project in the form of a re-entry vehicle, and was later upgraded to a ballistic missile with different ranges.〔 As part of this program, the Interim Test Range at Balasore in Orissa was also developed for missile testing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Integrated Guided Missile Development Program」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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