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🚀 Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP)
• The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) was conceived by renowned scientist Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam to enable India attain self-sufficiency in the field of missile technology.
• Keeping in mind the requirements of various types of missiles by the defence forces, the team recommended development of five missile systems.
• The IGMDP finally got the approval from the Government of India on July 26, 1983.
• After achieving the goal of making India self-reliant in missile technology, DRDO on January 8, 2008, formally announced successful completion of IGMDP.